The replacement of Luis Diaz is loaned/Pirana returns to Bayern for the new Brazilian phenomenon

Pini Zahavi, whom Bayern is not happy with, will soon determine the assignment of a Brazilian phenomenon who is supposed to replace Luis Diaz in Bayern.

According to Sport Se, Bayern Munich is on the verge of a new round of negotiations with Pini Zahavi, a world-renowned football agent, to renew the contract and plan the future of Maicon Cardozo, the young talent of his attack line.

Pini Zahavi and the managers of Bayern Munich have a long and ups and downs history of cooperation, which has always been accompanied by great tensions and challenges. This veteran agent has taken over the representation of the 17-year-old Bavarian winger Maicon Cardozo. The star was seen as a potential replacement and backup for Luis Diaz in the summer transfer window, but a serious shoulder fracture in Bayern's second team's regional league match against Illertissen kept the young talent out for a long time.

Cardozo is the son of Douglas, a former Brazilian football player, who went to Thailand with his family when he was two years old and learned the alphabet of football in this country.

He joined the Bavarians in early 2025 through Bayern Munich's "World Team" talent scouting project and shone in Bayern's under-17 and under-19 teams. In the second half of last year, Vincent Kompany took this young player to the training of the senior team and played him in two Bundesliga games.

Cardozo was present on Bayern's summer tour of Asia and the Supercup list against Dortmund, although he has played his official games under Dante in the club's second team this season.

Despite the few minutes of his presence in the main team, the quality of this young talent has attracted the attention of the technical staff of Brazil's basic teams. Paulo Victor Gomez, the head coach of Brazil's under-20 and under-23 teams, recently visited Vincent Kompany and Dante while attending Bayern's training camp, and presented him with a Brazilian national team shirt with Kompany's name written on the back.

Gomez wrote on his personal page: "Today marks the start of a series of important international visits to Bayern Munich, where we will closely monitor Brazilian players in Europe and strengthen relationships with clubs. A day full of experience exchange and fruitful discussions about football and talent development." Currently, the only player from Bayern Munich who has the chance to be invited to the basic ranks of Brazil is Cardozo.

According to the report of the Sky network, the main focus of future talks between the Bayern managers and Zahavi will be the signing of Cardozo's first professional contract, as well as the examination of his loan transfer option in the winter window.

Bayern had resisted a loan move for him in the summer, as the coaching staff had high hopes that the right-footed technician would make a quick leap into the first team and fill the role of Luis Diaz's back-up. Although Bayern's honorary president Uli Hoenes called Pini Zahavi "a money-loving piranha" many years ago during the David Alaba case, and the story of Lewandowski's separation further soured relations, but the relationship between the two sides has turned into a professional and respectful one in recent years.