Bayern had another player to add to their list of World Cup winning players in 2018 when Corentin Tolisso, the club's record signing at €41.5 million, was in the France squad which won the tournament in Russia, with Germany having failed to qualify from the group stage. That international failure was mirrored in the Champions League, with Bayern's 2018–19 involvement ending with a home defeat at the hands of Liverpool in the Round of 16, the earliest exit since 2010–11; Dortmund and Schalke also suffered heavy losses to English opposition at the same stage.
