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The loan deal everybody knew about, but had yet to be acknowledged by the player's own team, was finally made official on Monday as the LA Galaxy finally made official confirmation of Landon Donovan's loan move to Bayern Munich.
Yes, Donovan had already been in Dubai with Bayern Munich for some time, and there had been multiple reports about the move (including an interview with Donovan), but the Galaxy went all Tariq Aziz and waited until well after the deal was done to actually acknowledge the obvious.
So now that we can stop pretending that the deal isn't done, it's time to start thinking about what could come from Donovan's brief loan spell, which will last nine weeks (unless it becomes a permanent move, which isn't completely out of the realm of possibility despite what the Galaxy will insist).
Bayern Munich returns to Bundesliga action on Jan. 30 against Hamburg, the first of six league games the club has scheduled during Donovan's loan, which is set to end on March 8th.
Do you think Donovan can make an impact in that short amount of time? Think he can impress Bayern enough to get the German champions to loosen the purse strings and make MLS a good offer? Think Donovan will struggle to play, let alone make an impact?
Share your thoughts below.
