Few could have predicted the success Coman would have in Bavaria when he joined the club as a 19-year-old from Juventus in 2015, initially on a two-year loan deal. He had already won his first three domestic titles by that point – an impressive feat on its own – but that was merely a portent of what was to come in Munich.
Despite competing with Franck Ribéry, Arjen Robben and Douglas Costa for a place in Pep Guardiola’s star-studded side, Coman started 29 of his 35 appearances for Bayern in his debut season, registering six goals and 12 assists in all competitions to help them win their – and his – fourth successive league title.
A troublesome ankle injury threatened to derail his progress the following season, but the Bayern hierarchy had already seen enough, handing Coman a contract through to 2020 at the end of the 2016/17 campaign.
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