"It's February 13, 2022, at the Palacio de los Duques Gran Meliá Hotel in Madrid: Sporting Director Hasan Salihamidzic and Technical Director Marco Neppe had flown in for a meeting with former Spanish international Iván de la Peña. Salihamidzic and de la Peña knew each other well from their playing days. The Spaniard was now a player's agent. Bayern Munich had requested a meeting because they are interested in one of his clients."
"However, Salihamidzic and Neppe also had a secret agenda, one they only intended to reveal at the meeting. The Munich scouting department presented the Bayern bosses with video clips of another of de la Peña's clients - a player who had already started professional training at the age of 14. The attacking moves, tricks, and game scenes that the young Lamine Yamal displayed in these videos drove Bayern crazy. They had never seen such a talent at that age before!"
Bayern Munich sent Sporting Director Hasan Salihamidzic and Technical Director Marco Neppe to Madrid on February 13, 2022, to evaluate Barcelona midfielder Gavi. The delegation met agent Iván de la Peña and reviewed one of his clients. During the meeting the Munich scouting department showed video clips of another client, Lamine Yamal, who began professional training at 14. Bayern executives were astonished by Yamal's attacking moves, tricks, and game scenes. Club directors concluded that a transfer before Yamal's 16th birthday on July 13, 2023, was impossible, so they traveled to Spain to establish groundwork for a potential future transfer.
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