How Thiago Alcantara will feature in Pep Guardiolas system at Bayern Munich?European Champions Bayern Munich have officially unveiled the Barcelona prodigy ThiagoAlcantara today following a transfer for a reported fee of 25 million.The 22yearold was heavily lin!ed with a move to the"remier #eagueChampionsManchester $nited% as he loo!ed for regular first team opportunities and while the &ed 'evilswere ready to activate his () million release clause* the lure of wor!ing with his mentor% "ep+uardiola meant that the Barcelona man snu,,ed the "remier #eague champions in favour ofthe +erman outfit.-t is understood that "ep.s assurances to the /paniard% that he would ,e given regular firstteamopportunities at theBavarianclu,% has sealedthedeal infavour of theEuropeanchampions. 0ereweta!ealoo!at someof thepossi,leformations "epmight usetoaccommodate his new signing.#ast season% 1upp0eync!esusedseveral formationsdependingupontheoppositionandavaila,ility of his own players. But mostly the game plan of the Bavarians centred on the 223( system.Bayern fielded the relia,le ,ac!four of #ahm%'ante% Boateng and Badstu,er% till mid of4cto,er ,efore Badstu,er got in5ured and was replaced ,y 'avid Ala,a.#i!ewise% in the midfield% #ui6 +ustavo and Bastian /chweinsteiger formed a formida,le duountiltheBra6iliangotin5uredinthemonthof7ovem,er%whichforcedhimoutintothesidelinesforalongperiodoftime% whilehewasswiftlyreplaced,ythenewcomer1aviMartine6.-n the typical 223( formation% the dynamic Toni 8roos was deployed in ,ehind the lonestri!er Mand6u!ic% while Muller and &i,ery drifted wide on the right and left siderespectively. 4ften8roos was replaced,yyoung/ha9iri whileAr5en&o,,enreplacedMuller% depending upon the opposition.223( formation deployed ,y 1upp 0eync!es7ow% with the arrival of +uardiola and su,se9uently two new players : Mario +ot6e andThiago Alcantara% e;pect a twea! in the system and formation./hould +uardiola revert ,ac! to his favourite 233 formation% it is li!ely that the /paniardwouldswitchtotheBarcelonamodel here. 0emight use/chweinsteiger inthe/ergioBus9uets role% Thiago as a regista in the mould of
