Bayern Munich youngster Tillman loaned to Rangers – Ideal replacement for Aribo?

USMNT completes deal 

This article has been updated with new information.

Bayern Munich and United States international player Malik Tillman has joined Scottish Premiership giants Rangers on loan, with an eye to making the deal permanent, according to reports in Germany. The 20-year-old talent, who recently opted for the United States over Germany at the international level, has a contract with the Bavarian giants until 2024 and has a market value of €1.5 million. Rangers confirmed the transfer on Friday evening. 

“I am very pleased to welcome Malik to our squad ahead of the 2022/23 season,” Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst said in a club statement.”He is an exciting young talent who will further add to our attacking options and myself and the coaching staff are looking forward to working with him.”

Tillman, a native of nearby Nuremberg, joined Bayern’s youth academy in 2015 from Greuther Fürth, and worked his way up the club’s youth teams. However, after struggling to break into Julian Nagelsmann’s side with just seven appearances in the first team to date, it now seems as though the central midfielder has opted to pick up game time elsewhere. According to Kicker, the player will complete his loan move to Rangers after undergoing a medical in Glasgow. The Scottish club have an option to make the deal permanent but Bayern will also reportedly retain an option to buy Tillman back in the future for a set price. 

Tillman: Playing time at Bayern unlikely – Aribo replacement?

A move elsewhere makes sense for the young talent, who would have likely seen the arrival of central midfielder Marcel Sabitzer from RB Leipzig last summer and then the signing of Ajax star Ryan Gravenberch as further proof that any kind of pathway to the first team remained well and truly blocked for the foreseeable future. Contrastingly, Rangers have just sold central midfielder Joe Aribo to Southampton and will be in desperate need of cover in that position, which may well lead to Tillman getting the minutes he so desperately craves.

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