Manuel Neuer’s current contract with Bayern Munich keeps him at the club until the June of 2025 and past his 39th birthday. So if he signs a year-long extension, he will make it to 40 years old as a professional footballer. There are those who will believe that Neuer has lost his edge and should not stay that long, but the Bavarian giants do not seem to have ruled this scenario out. According to Sky Sport journalist Florian Plettenberg, contract talks with Neuer are set to happen in the next few months:
First concrete talks regarding an extension of Manuel Neuer’s expiring contract at FC Bayern are set to take place this year. Meanwhile, Alexander Nübel, currently on loan in Stuttgart until 2026, is still planned as his successor. In addition, Bayern are also monitoring the situations of Jonas Urbig (1. FC Köln) and Bart Verbruggen (Brighton).
It is important to note that scheduling contract talks hardly means that Bayern have already decided to offer Neuer a new contract, merely that discussions on the topic will happen. If the legendary goalkeeper were to depart in 2025, however, it would be interesting to see which of the reported targets the club might target. Considering that the Bavarians reportedly have a master plan that involves inking Florian Wirtz, it may be interesting to unite the long lost twins clones government experiments eerily identical-looking Wirtz and Verbruggen at one club.
But Bayern may choose to sign Urbig instead, who Plettenberg claims could be leaving in the summer of 2025:
Jonas Urbig is likely to leave 1. FC Köln next summer. The 21y/o goalkeeper is not planning to extend his contract, which runs until 2026. Urbig has top options in Germany and abroad, with FC Bayern also monitoring his situation. Price tag: €5-7m.
It is over 8 months before the general European transfer window opens, so it is likely too early to discuss whether a move would happen. But if one was to assume it would, how would a 22-year-old with no Bundesliga experience fare at Bayern? A move would come cheap but with many, many questions as well.
