In reply to: I guess we will see in the AM if he’s in the squad or not posted by HTownND
After today's German Supercup and likely would get it.
Yesterday's match was pretty even, but with the exceptions of Gnabry and Hernandez, Bayern pretty much rolled out a full strength lineup. Meanwhile, BVB left out three sure starters (Brandt, Hummels, Bürki) and several significant contributors (Götze, Hazard, Delaney).
Even without another big signing, Bayern probably can keep up with Dortmund in a single head-to-head match. But over the course of a 34-game season, I expect Dortmund's depth to be the difference, and I have my doubts that Sane will be enough to bridge that gap.
Without Sane, if Bayern starts: Neuer/Alaba/Sule/Hernandez/Kimmich/Thiago/Goretzka/Gnabry/Coman/Lewy/Muller
The bench is Javi, Tolisso, Renato, Davies, Pavard, Boateng, Ulreich.
Sane would probably displace Muller and shift Gnabry inside. Bench would be deeper, and one of the midfielders would probably have to be dropped to allow for Arp to get playing time.
Pass auf, Bayern! Die Schwarzgelben kommen!
Dortmund is much stronger going into this season. Bayern is stronger as well.
The delta between those two and the rest of the BL is much bigger now, though.