PSV star Ismael Saibari set to join Bayern Munich with agreement reached

[p]The Moroccan international is set to sign a five-year contract in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Munich[/a] and will cost Bayern Munich up to €55 million, with the fixed fee of €50 million likely to increase through bonuses.[/p][p]The deal could break [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psv/M9UEHJWi/"]PSV[/a]'s all-time transfer record, which stands at precisely €50 mllion from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lozano-hirving/buNjcqS5/"]Hirving Lozano[/a]'s move to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/napoli/69Dxbc61/"]Napoli[/a] in 2019.[/p][embed guid="10a3b9be-f8b6-4d33-b69c-d826c5c65b85" url="https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2066448878837121047?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kompany-vincent/K6A2elS9/"]Vincent Kompany[/a]'s Bayern were searching for a reinforcement on the left wing after the transfer of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gordon-anthony/EFo95m2P/"]Anthony Gordon[/a] fell through. The club's management quickly shifted its focus to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/saibari-ismael/WzSmqNMQ/"]Saibari[/a] after the Spanish-born midfielder played an excellent campaign with PSV, who won the league by a record 19-point margin.[/p][p]Saibari was named Eredivisie Player of the Season after scoring 15 goals and providing 8 assists in 27 games.[/p][p]Ismael Saibari joined PSV from KRC Genk's youth academy in 2020 and made his senior debut in November 2020, when he replaced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gotze-mario/veaF8P5m/"]Mario Gotze[/a] against ADO Den Haag. In 142 appearances across all competitions, Saibari scored 42 goals and provided 28 assists.[/p][embed guid="83d5817e-a852-485f-8d6f-b0f12b477ba7" url="https://x.com/WorldCup__26/status/2066015624195670418?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Saibari is the first PSV player to join Bayern directly from the reigning Eredivisie champions. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robben-arjen/tQAq3jaB/"]Arjen Robben[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-bommel-mark/n14cbFT8/"]Mark van Bommel[/a], and, more recently, Mario Gotze, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tillman-malik/pGHnblVn/"]Malik Tillman[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/perisic-ivan/4AbKyVr9/"]Ivan Perisic[/a] have played for both teams, but no PSV player has ever moved directly to the German record champions.[/p]