The One Bayern Let Go

At 17, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia thought he had his big break in Germany. Bayern saw him, had the chance to sign him after his trial, but eventually passed. Then life took him somewhere completely different and he started playing in Russia. Then Russia invaded Ukraine, FIFA allowed foreign players to walk away from their contracts, and Kvara left behind the money & security of his club to go back home to Georgia and play for Dinamo Batumi. That move changed everything. After an incredible first season, Napoli grabbed him for just 13 million euros and he helped bring them their first Scudetto since the glory days of Maradona. Later he made the move to PSG, and now the full circle moment is complete. The same club that passed on him at the age of 17 just watched him put in a man of the match performance to help knock them out of the Champions League. Bayern let the Kvara slip away, but now they’re reportedly trying hard not to make the same mistake with his little brother as they flew him in just last week for a trial. Sometimes football really does write itself