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He has already wore the FC Bayern Basketball jersey for five seasons and last season showed what was probably the best basketball of his career, including as top scorer in the Munich Cup, before not only his team missed him painfully in the BBL finals in 2021: Paul Zipser , 27-year-old national player of FCBB, is slowly working back after his operation in June due to a brain hemorrhage and has made a clear decision regardless of the undefined comeback time: He sees his sporting home at FC Bayern in the future, Zipser has one new contract signed until 2024. When the winger can return to the court is still open.

Paul Zipser
“I feel very much at home in Munich and in the club, which is also very supportive now.”
The former NBA professional had already agreed on his long-term stay in Munich with managing director Marko Pesic and sports director Daniele Baiesi before his sudden illness. Shortly before the planned signature, on the morning of the first final of the series against Berlin (1: 3), Zipser had a benign tumor removed. Pesic had informed the team and staff about the diagnosis at the time, and coach Andrea Trinchieri also kept his team up to date after the successful operation.

“There is no better place in the world for me”

“I feel very much at home in Munich and in the club, which is also very supportive now,” said Zipser, who started his rehab almost three weeks ago. “Every day, every step was and will be optimally designed, for which I am infinitely grateful to the association. We had already reached an agreement before the playoffs and now, during rehab, there is no better place in the world for me than here at Bayern. I’ll try to get back to my old strength as soon as possible. We already achieved great things with the team last season and now want to go one better and finally win the championship again. That also applies to me, because in 2014 I only had short assignments – I want to finally celebrate this title in Munich. ”

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Bayern Managing Director Marko Pesic said: “We appreciate Paul as a mature player who played a big part in our successful season. But he is just as important to us as a person and that’s why we want nothing more than that he calmly continue his recovery process. It is very lucky that he survived everything so well and we all at the club will continue to support him on his way. Right now we are keeping our word and giving Paul all the time in the world to come back to us as a player. ”

And sports director Daniele Baiesi added: “Incidents like Paul’s, which we witnessed so closely, form inseparable connections and relationships between people, and that’s exactly what happened here. In addition to his qualities as a player and his talent, he has taught us over the past few weeks what endurance and resilience really mean. He fought so hard to hold on and come back like we all did all year, but of course in a completely different context. We will continue to help him all together and are convinced that he will return stronger than before. “