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“Completely off the table” – Praise is enough for the Bavarians
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Bayern withdraw offer for David Alaba
Explosion! FC Bayern Munich withdraws the offer to extend the contract with David Alaba. Last week, coach Hansi Flick had come out clearly in favor of staying.
Defender David Alaba has been playing poker for months on a contract with Bayern Munich. Now the club is marking a high-profile finish. For now. A press conference is eagerly awaited on Monday.
rehe period of success for David Alaba and FC Bayern Munich could be coming to an end. After the German record champions withdrew their contract extension offer, which ended on June 30, 2021, over the weekend, the Austrian national player is more excited than ever. With a short break in 2011, Alaba has been playing for Munich since 2008, and is an undisputed leading player in central defense under coach Hansi Flick.
After the team praised it was not satisfied with Bayern’s offer, “we decided to take the offer off the table completely. That means there are no more offers, ”Bayern president Herbert Hainer said on BR television on Sunday night.
The 66-year-old, once a director of global company Adidas, now sees the defender’s turn. “David is still under contract with us for eight months and we really appreciate him,” Hainer said. Now Alaba and his advisor must position themselves.
Bavarian President Herbert Hainer
Source: dpa / Sven Hoppe
Just before Tuesday’s Champions League game in Alaba’s home country of Austria at RB Salzburg, the uproar over the contract situation is particularly explosive. The 28-year-old is expected to attend the press conference with Flick the day before Monday’s game.
Kroos’ memories are awakened
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. However, Kroos’ offer was not as generous as Alaba’s. For former DFB captain Michael Ballack, CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge publicly withdrew a lucrative offer before switching to Chelsea in the summer of 2006, winning the applause of many members at the annual general meeting. Is there now also a separation in Alaba?
More recently, sports director Hasan Salihamidzic had stressed that they did not want to give the Austrian “an ultimatum” for a decision. 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.”
Hainer made it known that the successor is now being addressed. “Of course, we also have to plan for the future. I want to say once again that we really appreciate David, he’s a lovable guy, he’s a crowd favorite, he’s FC Bayern Munich’s own generation, and that’s why we would be very sorry if we went our separate ways at the end of the season. I have to, ”Hainer said.
