Adios, Jose Ernesto Sosa
By: Luke | October 29th, 2009The club has confirmed that Jose Ernesto Sosa has been loaned to his old Argentine club Estudiantes de la Plata for the remainder of the season. So begins the pruning of the Bayern roster that Uli Hoeness promised just a couple days ago. With Sosa’s contract in Munich set to expire in 2011, the loan in this case is clearly a permanent move, with the details to be handled later.
For his part, Sosa greeted the news humbly. “I cannot complain. My fellow players have always treated me fairly. I just did not use my chances,” he told the club website.
Sosa came to Munich in 2007 for a fee of 6 mil. Euros. He managed just 2 goals and 1 assist in 35 Bundesliga matches over the last 2 1/4 seasons, and undoubtedly the critics will point to him as just another example of Bayern’s poor personnel decisions over the last few years.
But his place in Bayern lore will always be secure, because of one magical moment in Madrid. It was Sosa who delivered the cross to Luca Toni, who headed in Bayern’s third goal in the dying seconds of extra time to earn a 3-3 draw and passage through on the away goals rule, completing the most improbable and emotional of comebacks against Getafe in the UEFA Cup in 2008. Long live the one shining moment of Jose Ernesto Sosa.
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Sosa wasn’t a bad player, it’s a shame he couldn’t gain the confidence of any coach. And he didn’t complain about his situation, either.
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That clip still gives me goosebumps.
Luke, any idea about Bayern’s success/failure record with bringing kids over from South America? Breno and Sosa are two that haven’t quite cut the mustard, Micho took a few years to find his feet, and Paulo Sergio was rather old, wasn’t he, when he came to Bayern? These are the few I could think of off hand.
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A Kap: An unscientific analysis shows the South American imports have been mostly unsuccessful. Julio dos Santos is the other more recent one, and he hardly got on the field, and would have had a loan spell at Wolfsburg, but then broke his leg. Roque Santa Cruz would have to earn an “incomplete”. Paolo Guerrero probably fits in a separate category because he came in through the amateur team. You’re right Paulo Sergio was 29 or 30 by the time he made it to Bayern, and had already played in Germany
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Their have been some successful players from South America like Paulo Sergio, Giovane Elber (my personal favourite), Lucio (my least favourite) and let’s not forget Jorginho who captained Bayern before Oliver Kahn!
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True enough Zermatt, although all of the players you mention didn’t come directly from South America to Bayern. Pizarro would be another example. All of them played much better in Munich than the “young” players who came straight to Bayern from South America.
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I can’t argue with the decision but I am sad to see him go as I’ve always been hoping Sosa would have a break out. The inability to make the bench for several of the recent matches when we did not have Robbery and needed a creative spark was surprising.
Equally surprised at Baumjohann not being on the bench in ages when we’ve had many midfield injuries. He could use a loan for a year or two and same with Breno. Obviously, the situation for those two is different than Sosa, who is 4-5 years older and effectively done at Bayern, but I think these ones will be next on the radar to be shipped out for some time.
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