Two Goalkeepers Arrive At 1860 Munich
Alban Lafont is set to take over Marcin Bulka as the 1860 Munich goalkeeper
• Alban Lafont arrives at the club for a fee of €1,600,000 from Fiorentina
• The highly touted Ivan Martinez spent last season with Numantia in the Spanish Second Division
• 1860 Munich will now head to Poland for four pre-season matches.
Continuing to fix their defence after conceding the second most goals in the Bundesliga last season, 1860 Munich have brought in goalkeepers Alban Lafont and Ivan Martinez ahead of the 2022/23 season.
After starting for Fiorentina in 2018/19 season, Lafont spent two years on loan with FC Nantes before returning to Fiorentina for the 2021/22 season where he was the back up goalkeeper behind Mike Maignan who was on loan from Inter Milan.
Daniel Bierofka has also added the highly touted Spanish goalkeeper Ivan Martinez for a fee of €1,500,000 with a look towards the future. Full of potential, the 20-year-old has spent the past six years playing amongst the Spanish lower leagues before securing a move to Germany.
“I am thrilled to be able to bring Alban and Ivan into our squad, both were proven to be extremely talented at a young age and I am really looking forward to working with them.” said Bierofka. “We have built some great depth in the squad, something we have not been able to do in the past due to being a smaller team but surviving relegation has given us greater capacity financially for the upcoming season.” he added.
In securing two highly talented goalkeepers, it is expected that either the starting goalkeeper from last season in Marcin Bulka or long term back up Marco Hiller will leave the club by the end of the transfer window.
Comments
Jack, ScottT & Justice: I have to be on the cheaper side with a lot of areas to address in the squad
tedbro20: Hope we can avoid the drop, a lot of financial commitments to maintain now with the recent upgrades
Eoin97: I’ll ask the board just for you haha
TheLFCFan: I would be keen to know how you used Kana and improved him in your save
J_ames: Any information you have on Domagoj would be great, Kana is on the shorter side but I feel very capable