Bayern Munich is still in the midst of negotiating key contracts for players that have current contracts set to expire this summer after the season concludes. Instead of prospective incoming business during the winter transfer window, the aforementioned contract situation is what’s taking top priority for the club’s front office, spearheaded by Max Eberl and Christoph Freund.
Recent developments have suggested that at least Jamal Musiala and Alphonso Davies are close to agreeing on new deals, but there is still the large matter of Joshua Kimmich’s contract to sort out. Aside from that trio of players, some of the veteran, older players in the squad like Manuel Neuer and Sven Ulreich are fully expected to be give one-year extensions — on par with the club’s policy of only offering a year for players over the age of 30.
For Thomas Müller, though, the door is open to a number of different possibilities after this season with his contract set to expire in June. Mia San Mia DNA courses through his veins, but there has been plenty of speculation as to what awaits the Raumdeuter after this season; whether it be punditry, a move to play for a Major League Soccer club in the United States, or perhaps even a move to a club somewhere in the Middle East.
However, per information from Sky Sport journalist Florian Plettenberg, Bayern is currently weighing the possibility of offering him a one-year contract extension. If that was to materialize, Müller would more than likely have to agree to a salary cut.
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He currently earns roughly 20.5 million euros per year, which is the third highest in the squad, but that would have to change, especially with the amount of money they will likely be offering Musiala, Davies and Kimmich with their respective new deals.
While the parameters are loosely set for a one-year extension, the club does not have a concrete decision from Müller himself as to what he plans on doing once this season concludes, regardless of if the club wins silverware or not. As sad of a day as it would be for Bayern fans if he decided to put a bow on his playing career with the club, it would be hard to blame him for finally moving on to a new chapter after having already won everything there is to win, including the World Cup with Germany in 2014 in his Bayern career timeline.
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