Choupo-Moting was not their plan initially but even his sudden shine could not save Bayern Munich in the past season. He is not a striker who can play well in big matches and we saw that weakness in World Cup 2022 with Cameroon and with Bayern Munich in Champions League.
I think that Choupo Moting is a very good player and i am surprised that he never really made it into the starting eleven for a very big club in his career. He has everything that a player needs to be a great striker and in addition to that he also has a very smooth technique in my opinion. When Lewandowski was injured two seasons ago Choupo Moting showed a really great performance. Sadly he was injured during large parts of the second round of the Bundesliga in the last season so he could not really show his capabilities there.
That being said, he is already 33 years old so Bayern definitely needs a new number 9 now that really had the potential to replace Lewandowski over a whole season.
I don't quite agree as he is a good striker for an average team and then he performed very well for Bayern Munich, but he is still far from the quality of a player like Lewandowski, Benzema and most of the other world class strikers.
It is not about him scoring insufficient goals in the Bundesliga, but when Bayern wants to go for all three titles, it is a necessity to have one of those strikers who are almost guaranteeing goals for the team and if they don't score, it is still important that they contribute otherwise and keep the opponent busy and exhausted with their defense. Choupo-Moting is alright I would say, but he is not what the Bayern club needs.