It is rather difficult to argue that Jamal Musiala is not one of the best players in world football right now, let alone being one of the best players in the Bundesliga and at Bayern Munich. Ever since making his breakthrough into the senior squad under Hansi Flick in the closing stages of the 2019/20 season, he has gone on to score 57 goals and provide 37 assists from a total of 185 appearances across all competitions. He has also become a mainstay in the German national team and was one of the best performers at both the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and EURO 2024 on home soil in Germany.
Right now, Bayern is in the midst of preparing a lucrative new deal for Musiala, as the front office has already made it clear that they are ready to make the 21-year-old the highest paid player at the club. With his current market value ranking at 140 million euros, it is going to cost Bayern to keep him at the club long-term. His current contract at Bayern runs through June 2026, but Bayern’s aim is to agree a new, long-term contract that would keep him at the club through 2029, though the club and his representatives are still in negotiations, wanting to reach an agreement by the beginning of 2025.
Board member for sport Max Eberl had recently expressed the club’s desire to make Musiala the “face” of FC Bayern, which is a sentiment that the youngster is very much flattered by as he explained in an interview with Suddeutsche Zeitung (via @iMiaSanMia). “It’s an honor, Bayern is one of the biggest clubs in the world. For me it’s about having fun, working, continuing to improve, hopefully winning games and titles, but also not putting too much pressure on myself,” Musiala explained when he was asked about the words from Eberl.
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Pressure or not, Musiala seems to be able to deliver for both Bayern and Germany on a consistent basis, and the club is ready to have that reflected in his new deal. Reports across Germany have suggested he will earn roughly 25 million euros per year with the newly proposed contract in what would be a total package deal of roughly 120 million euros for a four-year deal.
As of now, Harry Kane is the only player in the Bayern squad that makes 25 million euros gross per year with Manuel Neuer clocking in just behind him a 21 million per year. The salary bump in Musiala’s new deal would see him earn as much as Kane with an addition of performance-based add-ons.
