Bayern Munich is currently in the midst of negotiating a new deal for Jamal Musiala, as his current contract with the club is set to run through June 2026. Initial discussions have reportedly gone positively between the player and the club, so it now only seems like a matter of time before a new contract is signed by Musiala and officially announced by the club. Reports earlier this week had suggested that, despite heavy interest from other clubs across Europe’s top five leagues, Bayern was in pole position to keep hold of the playmaker and get him to sign a new, long-term deal.
Bayern club president Herbert Hainer recently weighed in on Musiala’s current situation and echoed the sentiment from the front office and supervisory board. It is clear the club wants him to stay for as long as possible and they are open to making him one of the highest paid players at Bayern since he currently earns roughly 9-million euro per year.
“I have to say that we adore our Jamal, he is a once in a century footballer, and our first aim is of course to keep him at FC Bayern in the long term,” Hainer recently told Abendzeitung’s Maximilian Koch (via @iMiaSanMia). That opinion is shared with essentially everyone at the club, but it is really just down to a matter of negotiating and fine-tuning all of the details that would be contained in the new contract. Bayern is ready to offer considerable money, especially with how well he is already getting along with new manager Vincent Kompany.
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While Bayern does typically try to operate within a hierarchy of financial constraints as it pertains to the squad, they should be willing to make somewhat of an exception for Musiala due to how important of a player he is for the club. They can get away with it with a player like him without disrupting the harmony within the dressing room, as most players would not have any objection to making Musiala one of the top earners at the club, if not the top earner.
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