Bayern Munich are now looking at a potential summer transfer move for £11m Man City player
Vincent Kompany's side are reportedly eyeing a reunion with a Manchester City defender he previously managed at Anderlecht.
Bayern Munich are reportedly weighing a summer transfer move for Manchester City's Sergio Gomez, according to a report from Manchester City News. Manchester City paid £11m to sign the Spanish defender from Anderlecht in the 2022 summer transfer window.
The report ties the interest to Bayern manager Vincent Kompany, who previously managed Gomez at Anderlecht. Gomez scored seven goals and provided 15 assists in 47 appearances under Kompany at the Belgian club, per the report's figures.
The specific publication date and the identity of the originating source behind Manchester City News' report were not detailed in the retrieved coverage; the exact transfer fee Bayern might offer, and whether City would be willing to sell, are also not established in the source retrieved this session.
Gomez's time at City
The report notes Gomez made 38 appearances across all competitions for Manchester City, starting 14 of them, since his move from Anderlecht — a smaller role than the one Kompany gave him at his previous club.
What remains unconfirmed
The report is framed as a potential move rather than a confirmed bid or agreement. No quotes from Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Kompany or Gomez himself appear in the retrieved coverage, and no transfer fee for a prospective Bayern deal is cited.
What actually happened that summer
The Bayern interest floated in this report did not materialize. Manchester City instead sold Gomez to Spanish club Real Sociedad for a reported fee of 10 million euros including add-ons, on a six-year deal running through the 2029-30 season completed in July 2024, according to OneFootball's and the Washington Times' reporting on the finished transfer. City retained a 30% sell-on clause. Bayern Munich's name does not appear in either outlet's account of how the Gomez transfer saga actually concluded, and no reporting retrieved this session ties Bayern to Gomez beyond the original speculative item.
Gomez had made 38 appearances across two seasons at City, the Washington Times reported, winning five major trophies including the Champions League and two Premier League titles, but making just 18 Premier League appearances himself after City signed left-back Josko Gvardiol, who took the starting role Gomez had been competing for. "It is a true honour and winning a host of major trophies, including the Treble, is something I will never forget," Gomez said of his City spell, according to the same report. "I am excited for this new adventure but I wish Pep Guardiola and the players every success in the future," he added.
City signed Gvardiol from RB Leipzig on August 5, 2023, for a reported fee around 90 million euros, according to a BBC Sport report on that transfer -- roughly eight times what City had paid Anderlecht for Gomez the year before. Gvardiol, comfortable playing both center-back and left-back, went on to make more than 120 appearances and win six major trophies with City in the seasons that followed, per Yahoo Sports' reporting on his later contract extension, cementing him rather than Gomez as Guardiola's long-term option in that role.
US In News compiled this archived account from a report by Manchester City News and subsequent transfer reporting from OneFootball and the BBC. It restores a story originally published on this site in 2024; figures are as reported at the time.