RACISM SCANDAL AT BAYERN: THE KENAN YILDIZ DETAIL

The scandalous WhatsApp messages that took place in the youth academy of German giant Bayern Munich in 2020 created a huge shock wave in European football. It came to light that a coach working in the youth setup of the club used disgusting racist expressions such as "Dirty Turk", "dirty immigrant" and "Shut up, camel rider" towards Turkish and immigrant young players. Even for a young player named Aydin, very heavy messages like "Aydin issue was obvious! Dirty Turk." were sent. One of the names playing in the Bayern Munich youth academy in that dark period was national football player Kenan Yildiz. The talented player left the German giant and transferred to Italy Serie A side Juventus in 2022 after the years passed in the shadow of these claims. Bayern Munich Youth Director Jochen Sauer tied the backstage of this separation only to sporting reasons years later. Sauer stated that there were other talents like Paul Wanner and Arijon Ibrahimovic in the 17 age category at that time and explained that they could not give regular first team training chances to three young attacking players at the same time. He also added that the Mathys Tel transfer was on the agenda in those days. The Juventus club gave the young star a guarantee of regular training with the first team, and Kenan took the road to Italy for his career development. No official evidence existed that Kenan Yildiz's decision to leave the team connected directly to this racism scandal. However, the fact that the young player went to Juventus exactly two years later drew a huge attention. The football world reacted very harshly to this discriminatory mentality in the youth setups and demanded stricter measures to protect young talents from these incidents.

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