With a run of wins behind them and the final phase of the Champions in their sights, the Bavarians are already looking to the future. The signing of Leroy Sané is definitely going ahead, resulting in a star-studded squad of pacy, overlapping wingers who can take players on.
In a space of two years they have managed to make everyone forget about Robben and Ribéry, players who made the difference in their last successful Champions League campaign. The future is about Gnabry, Coman, Sané, as well as Alphonso Davies, who can play as a wing back, full back or winger.
The next objective is renewed contracts for Thiago Alcántara and David Alaba, mainstays in the Bayern's current championship-winning side. These are players in their prime who can change a game. Footballers like them are few and far between—dominant in their position, with experience in top competitions. They will be essential to Bayern's success over the next five years.
Alaba is a difference-maker on the left in central defence. His transformation has been key to the team's competitive performance because none of the Bavarian centre-backs have been that convincing. Lucas was out injured; Boateng struggles one against one, while Nicklas Süle has a torn cruciate ligament. So the question was who, out of Pavard or Alaba, could fill the hole left by the injuries of Süle and Lucas Hernández. Flick opted for Alaba, leaving the Davies at left-back, allowing Bayern to take off to the point where Flick's numbers are outclassing everyone else in the club's history.