Goalkeeper Sven Ulreich has signed a one-year extention until summer 2026 with Bayern Munich, the German record champions said in a statement on Tuesday. Ulreich, 36, joined Bayern in 2015 from VfB Stuttgart and has since stood in for Manuel Neuer several times when the number one keeper was injured.
Goalkeeper Sven Ulreich has signed a one-year extention until summer 2026 with Bayern Munich, the German record champions said in a statement on Tuesday.
Ulreich, 36, joined Bayern in 2015 from VfB Stuttgart and has since stood in for Manuel Neuer several times when the number one keeper was injured.
Last season, however, he was third choice for coach Vincent Kompany, who relied on youngster Jonas Urbig when Neuer was not available.
"Sven Ulreich is reliability personified: he delivers what he promises - in the truest sense of the word. Characters like him are good for any team. We're delighted he'll be spending another season with us," board member for sport Max Eberl said.
Bayern also said that they have sent their young Croatian Lovro Zvonarek on another season-long loan, to Swiss club Grasshoppers.
The 20-year-old midfielder arrived in Munich in 2022 and has a contract until 2027. Zvonarek has appeared 27 times for Bayern's reserves, with 12 goals and seven assists, and four times for the first team.
Last season, the Croatian under-21 international played 22 games for Austrian champions Sturm Graz, scoring twice, in a first loan spell.
Bayern sporting director Christoph Freund said that Zvonarek "gained valuable experience" in Austria, and that “he’ll now take his next steps in Switzerland and get even more game time" at Zurich's Grasshoppers.
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