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meIn the poker contract with David Alaba, the honorary president of Bayern Munich, Uli Hoeneß, sees the Austrian footballer’s adviser as the biggest problem. “He has a greedy piranha as an advisor,” Hoeneß, 68, said Sunday at the “Doppelpass” football talk about Pini Zahavi.
Alaba’s father in particular can be influenced by the 77-year-old, Hoeneß said: “It really is about money and nothing else. David is already with the best club in the world ”. Hoeneß also revealed for the first time that Alaba should receive a four- or five-year contract.
In the end, he hoped that Alaba, 29, would prevail and make the decision about his future himself, Hoeneß said. Alaba’s contract with the Champions League winner expires on June 30, 2021. He could then go ahead for a free transfer. Apparently your consultant is demanding a double-digit annual salary of around 20 million euros.
“We all hope David stays,” Hoeneß said. He had also had a personal conversation with Alaba in recent weeks. With coach Hansi Flick, the former winger has become a recognized head of defense in the triple winner.
According to kicker, Zahavi has demanded an annual fee of 25 million euros for his client Alaba. Alaba would be the top winner in the triple winner, even ahead of striker Robert Lewandowski, captain Manuel Neuer or Thomas Müller. Bayern are reportedly offering more than 15 million bonuses.
In the negotiations so far, “no result has been achieved,” Hoeneß said: “We all want nothing more fervently than to stay.” Austrian international Alaba had started preparing for the new season at Bayern last week. CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and CEO Oliver Kahn had recently been “very optimistic” that Alaba would expand in Munich. The future of Thiago and Javi Martínez remains open with the record champions.
“More infections in Bavaria”
Meanwhile, Hoeneß is excited and concerned about the slow return of spectators to football stadiums in the Corona crisis. “My biggest concern is whether people will come back or if they are scared,” the 68-year-old said of stadiums that are almost sold out again.
“If 20,000 come to a 70,000-seat stadium, no problem,” Hoeneß justified his skepticism. But if the Allianz Arena in Munich, which has a capacity for 75,000 fans, can return to 60,000 visitors, first you have to wait and see if it will be accepted until there is a vaccine against the coronavirus. In the medium or long term, football could suffer as a result, Hoeneß fears.
He hopes that politicians will gradually allow spectators in the new Bundesliga season. “FC Bayern are well prepared for Matchday X,” said Hoeneß. The fact that league competitor RB Leipzig is allowed to play again in front of 8,500 spectators at the start of the Bundesliga, while no fans are allowed in Munich for the opening match against FC Schalke 04 next Friday, does not distort the competition. for Hoeneß: “That’s just a fact. In Saxony there are hardly any infections, in Bavaria there are more. That will balance out, ”Hoeneß believes.
