Sacha Boey to Bayern Munich?

Galatasaray reveal the fee and numbers of Sacha Boey deal with Bayern.

Fee €30m guaranteed plus €5m add-ons.
Percentage of future sale.
Two friendly games with 50% of the profits going to Galatasaray.

Official, confirmed. Sacha Boey has joined FC Bayern on permanent deal from Galatasaray.

“This is a dream come true for me. It’s an honour for me to get to play for such a big club like Bayern”.

The FC Bayern Arc begins

FC Bayern have completed the signing of Sacha Boey from Galatasaray

Jan-Christian Dreesen, FC Bayern CEO: “We’re pleased to have signed a young player with a lot of potential on a long-term deal in Sacha Boey. He performed really well in both Champions League games against us. It means we haven’t just improved our squad depth but also added further quality.”

Christoph Freund, FC Bayern sporting director: “Sacha Boey is a very quick and physically strong right-back, who covers a lot of ground in every game and doesn’t shy away from any tackles. He was a fan favourite at Galatasaray, has developed very well down the years, arrives with Champions League experience and won the league title with Galatasaray last season. He will increase our quality in defence.”

Sacha Boey: “This is a dream come true for me. It’s an honour for me to get to play for such a big club like Bayern. I’m really looking forward to my new team and getting to play with all these great players in the future. As a player, I’m a defender who likes to attack, just as happy being involved up front as in defence.”

Check out the first photos of the new Bayern man:

Born in the Paris suburb of Montreuil, Boey started playing football at FC Romainville and Red Star FC before joining the academy at Rennes in 2014. He made his senior debut there in France’s Ligue 1 at the age of 18 in May 2019. After a season on loan at Dijon, he signed for Galatasaray for the 2021/22 campaign. The Frenchman made 83 appearances in Istanbul, scoring four goals and winning the Turkish Süper Lig last summer.

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The 1.78-metre-tall Frenchman is a quick right-back who is aggressive in his defending and very strong in tackles. He also likes to play with the ball at his feet as he now joins the ranks at the Allianz Arena.

A Rennes youth product

Boey spent his youth at Romainville and Red Star FC in the French capital before switching to the fabled Rennes academy in 2014. He made his Ligue 1 debut there as an 18-year-old against Toulouse on 5 May 2019. Boey lifted the Coupe de France in his debut season, although he didn’t feature in the shootout victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the final. The PSG boss that day was a certain Thomas Tuchel, while Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting was also in the Parisians’ squad.

Regular in Ligue 1

The right-back was loaned out to Dijon for the 2020/21 campaign and made a name for himself with 24 Ligue 1 appearances. After that season on loan he was signed by Galatasaray in summer 2021.

Maturing in Turkey

Boey made played in 19 competitive fixtures in his first season with the Turkish giants, including in the Europa League as he settled into his new surroundings. He became first choice at right-back last season, scoring one goal and providing four assists from 31 Süper Lig games to help Galatasaray lift the title.

Champions League encounters with Bayern
This season saw Boey make his debut in the Champions League, playing every minute of Galatasaray’s six group games, including both fixtures against Bayern. The No.93 caught the eye up against the likes of Kingsley Coman and Leroy Sane. A 1-0 loss away at Copenhagen on the final matchday saw the champions of Turkey miss out on the knockout stage, instead dropping into the Europa League. Boey, however, will continue to enjoy Champions League action now in Munich.

Former youth international
The 23-year-old is yet to win a senior cap for France, but his eye-catching performances in Istanbul and now his move to the six-time European champions will have done no harm to his chances of a call-up and potentially this summer’s Euros in Germany. He has so far represented France at U17, U18 and U20 level.

Anime and tennis fan
A look at Boey’s Instagram page tells you that the defender, who already knows Bayern forward Mathys Tel from their time together at Rennes, is a big fan of Japanese manga and anime. The 23-year-old likes to post about the series One Piece and Dragon Ball. Away from the genre, his favourite series is Prison Break and his favourite film is the Oscar-winning classic Titanic.

In addition to football, he is a fan of tennis and his favourite player is Rafael Nadal. His football idols are the Brazilians Ronaldo and Neymar. He and his new colleagues at Bayern now want to stop strikers of their calibre from scoring goals.

The first photos of Sacha Boey at FC Bayern


Check out the first photos of Sacha Boey as a Bayern player after the French defender joined from Galatasaray.

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THE INTERVIEWS ON THE TRANSFER OF SACHA BOEY
In this video, FC Bayern sporting director Christoph Freund and Sacha Boey talk about the defender's transfer to Munich.

Sacha Boey will wear this squad number at FC Bayern


Sacha Boey will wear the squad number 23 at FC Bayern. The 23-year-old new signing decided from the options that were available. In the past, the likes of Owen Hargreaves and Arturo Vidal have worn 23, which was most recently occupied by Daley Blind last season.

The Boey shirt is already available in the FC Bayern Online Store – get yours here:

Bienvenue au FC Bayern, Sacha!

Hear from Christoph Freund and Sacha Boey himself on the right-back's move to Munich