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The record German soccer champions took the offer to extend the contract, which expired at the end of the season, off the table and wanted to focus more intensely on finding a successor, as President Herbert Heiner said. Alaba herself wants the customer to “hear the news” one more time.
“It remains to be seen how things will continue. In the short time I have not been able to think about how things will continue,” said Alaba, surprised at the Munich press conference before the Champions League away game at Red Bull Salzburg. “My first point of contact was always FC Bayern Munich. That’s why I never thought about it.”
The triple winner has been negotiating with the team player ÖFB and his advisers for months. Bayern are said to have recently offered a five-year contract with a fixed salary of € 11 million plus bonuses. The fact that such numbers “are not internal”, but circulate in the media, annoys Alaba massively. “I can assure each and every one of the fans that the sums that are put in the room are not true,” emphasized the 28-year-old. “I was disappointed and also hurt somewhere that the official team didn’t clarify this.”
Its president said Sunday night at Bayerischer Rundfunk that they had told Alaba’s adviser they wanted clarity by the end of October. “And the answer was: that the offer is still unsatisfactory and that we should think more. So we decided to remove the offer from the table entirely. That means there is no offer anymore.” Heiner then left a small loophole: “David still has a contract with us for eight months and we really appreciate it.”
With a short break in 2011, Alaba has been playing for Munich since 2008, and is an undisputed high-performance player in central defense under coach Hansi Flick. More recently, sports director Hasan Salihamidzic had emphasized that Alaba did not want to put “an ultimatum” on a decision.
Alaba wasn’t just caught off guard by the latest development. “I’m anything but happy that we have to deal with this problem this week,” said Bayern coach Hansi Flick, a well-known Alaba defender: “I’d be happy if David stayed with Bayern Munich for the season. David is a great player and a great person. I am convinced that he will continue to deliver this great performance.
They have already shown in the past that the Munich stars don’t want to put up with it at any price. In 2014, Bayern let Toni Kroos go to Real Madrid to collect a transfer fee after failed negotiations. Michael Ballack’s chief executive, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, publicly withdrew a lucrative offer before moving to Chelsea in the summer of 2006, earning applause from many members at the annual general meeting. Now Hainer surprised with the statement that they wanted clarity and an answer “by the end of October”, “because we also want to have security in planning for such an important position and staff, we owe that to the club and the fans.”
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