From this week's Flying Kiwis.
Bild - Germany's version of The Sun reports Singh asked to leave Nuremberg
The first signal to terminate his Nürnberg loan came from Sarpreet Singh himself. The player hardly had any ties to the team off the pitch & never really made it in Nürnberg. Singh has also struggled with the physicality of the second division & was relegated to the bench [Bild]
"As for Bayern Munich, they’re just churning away as always. Not quite as unstoppable as last season – particularly not when they were stunned in the DFB Pokal by second tier side Holstein Kiel with a 90th minute equaliser and then a defeat via penalties a couple weeks back – but they’re clear top of the league table at the halfway point and have a Champions League knockout tie against Lazio in a month’s time. Not to mention the Club World Cup in a fortnight. And Singh’s return happens to coincide with midfielders Javi Martinez and Leon Goretza both having to enter quarantine after positive covid tests. Corentin Tolisso is also out injured."
Obviously Singh wasn’t gonna play against Hoffenheim the day after this move was announced but that game does give us an insight into what he’s returning to. Joshua Kimmich and Marc Roca were the central midfielders there – Roca has been pretty poor this season but there wasn’t much other choice. That’s not really Singh’s position and they’re much better stocked in the attacking midfield roles where Serge Gnabry, Thomas Muller & Kingsley Coman all started (and Douglas Costa, Leroy Sane & Eric Choupo-Moting came off the bench) but as options get stretched in one area it tends to open up opportunities in others too. Will be curious to see if he does get a go with the first team while they’re short of dudes of if he hangs out with the reserves to get minutes in his legs. He hasn’t been included in their squad for the Club World Cup if that’s any indication."