Lucas Hernández, between waiting and redemption at Bayern

Lucas Hernández arrived at Bayern dressed in formalwear. The one that gives you being the most expensive signing in the history of a club with the history and economic muscle of the Munich. A backpack of 80 million reasons that made him leave Atleti in the summer of 2019. The tremendous depth of the Bavarian squad and the injuries of his first season sowed doubts. There was talk of PSG and its future became blurred. “I still have four years of contract at Bayern, but if everything continues to be so complicated I'll see”, he came to say last September. Now, the story seems different, but there is still a but …

This campaign has mainly occupied the position of left back, the one that Alphonso Davies assaulted so loudly last year. But his career in Munich passes through the center of defense and there he will have to keep waiting. With all the defensive fabric available, Lucas is not assured of a place in the eleven. Davies recovered from a bad start, while Flick likes to start with Boateng and Alaba as a central pair.. The last Bundesliga games are the best example.

In the last five, he has only started two, as a central companion to Boateng. Against Arminia Bielefeld, with Alaba in the center of the field due to loss of Goretzka, and in the last match against Werder Bremen, due to the Austrian's injury. Lucas was one of the best of the win at the Weserstadion, but the return of the player intended by half of Europe, with Madrid at the head, could return him to the bench in the Champions League against Lazio.

Leader of the new defense

However, the emergency situation that the exrojiblanco was experiencing has changed. Information comes from Germany that point to the trust that Flick professes in him and Sport1 states that the coach sees him as Alaba's natural replacement from June. The German media also adds the good atmosphere that creates in the locker room of the team. Flick is convinced that Lucas will have a crucial role in the years to come.

Likewise, from Germany they point out its importance in showing a position of strength towards the renewal of Alaba, whose financial wishes were above the salary limits of the team. With Lucas on the squad, young (25 years old), left-handed and versatile, like the Viennese, they have not given in to the very high claims of the player and his agent, Pini Zahavi. The idea is to make Lucas the new leader of the renewed Bavarian defense. Well, in addition to Alaba, Boateng will also pack.

Goodbye to physical problems

The arrival of Upamecano and the presence of Süle will not pose a problem, a priori, for a Lucas Hernández who will see his patience rewarded. The injuries that did not let him shine in the past, in 2019-20 he missed more than two months of competition due to a tear of the internal ligament of the ankle joint, are buried and this course only one game has been lost for a specific problem in the thigh. The moment is approaching. Twaiting, the redemption will come for Lucas.