Is this Alphonso Davies’ last season as a Bayern Munich player, or is there even the slightest chance the Canada skipper might agree to stay and extend his contract with the Rekordmeister? The pair of burning questions loom large in the background of the day to day operations for Vincent Kompany’s in-form Bayern side, as the left back’s current contract is set to expire next summer. The club is in a crucial window for figuring out what, exactly, his future will hold, whether it is in Munich, or elsewhere.
Per an update from Sky Sport journalist Florian Plettenberg, despite Davies having a spike of form as a regular starter under Kompany, there have still not been any talks with regards to a possible contract extension. Bayern’s coaching staff and front office have taken notice of his improved form so far this season and they do remain hopeful that a contract extension can be agreed upon, but there is no indication that will happen as of yet.
Sport Bild (via @iMiaSanMia) is reporting that Bayern Munich is still open to a deal with Davies, but the Canadian will have to make some concessions:
Bayern are still open to extending Alphonso Davies’ contract, but on two conditions: the player has to lower his demands and has to ‘restrain’ his agent Nick Huoseh. The agent has fallen out of favour at Säbener Straße. Uli Hoeneß said during a meeting that Huoseh ‘doesn’t even know that there’s air in the ball.’
Bayern’s last offer for Davies was worth €13m fixed plus bonuses per year. Davies and his agent demanded €16m plus bonuses in addition to a €15m signing fee. Real Madrid and Manchester United are interested.
Bayern runs the risk of losing Davies on a free transfer next summer in the same sort of situation where they lost defender David Alaba to Real Madrid a few summers ago, though there had been a series of negotiations with the Austrian veteran at the time. For Davies, he could agree to join another club as early as this January since his contract runs out in the summer, so the clock is ticking fast for Bayern.
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Real Madrid, Manchester United, and now even FC Barcelona have expressed heavy interest in trying to sign Davies this summer, and it is a relatively open secret that the player’s preferred destination is Madrid. His agent had been candid about being open to a move aboard in the past without directly saying that is exactly what Davies wants come this summer.
Time will tell whether or not Davies leaves this coming summer or not, but one thing is clear; Bayern does not have too much time left to try to convince him to stay and Max Eberl, Christoph Freund, and the rest of the club’s front office will have to start planning for replacement options.
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