TYSK FOTBOLL - Från BL och landslag till Oberliga

On 14 July 2013, Thiago signed a four-year deal with Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, for a €25 million fee.[14] Bayern would pay €20 million to Barcelona directly with the remainder being covered by the proceeds of a friendly to be played between the two teams at some point in the following four years and by Thiago foregoing some money owed to him by Barcelona.[15] The transfer came despite a new contract that Barcelona had given Thiago in 2011 which set his release clause at €90 million.[16] Barcelona failed to fulfil clauses in the contract relating to the amount of playing time that Thiago received and as a result the player's buy-out clause dropped to €18m.