There should not be any surprise to the fact that Bayern Munich is currently doing everything in their power to agree on a new contract extension with Jamal Musiala. He is a generational talent that has already established himself as one of the great, global rising stars in the game let alone as one of the best players in Europe all around. He is absolutely worth his weight in gold for both Bayern and the German national team and it should come with great elation that Sky Sport journalist Florian Plettenberg is now reporting that the plan for Musiala and the club is to sign an extension that would keep him at the club through 2029.
With the proposed agreement on the table, Musiala could earn up to €25 million gross per year, which would make him the club’s highest earner alongside Harry Kane. For a talent like Musiala, though, former Bayern and Germany midfielder Lothar Matthäus feels the club should spare absolutely no expense to get Musiala to agree to stay long term even though Bayern is notorious for not wanting to stray too far away from their wage structure.
“Just as there was no limit for Messi, for me there’s no limit for Musiala either. You need him not only for sporting reasons, but also as the face of FC Bayern, where some active players will soon be leaving. You need Musiala as an advertising face for international marketing. That’s a value that you cannot pay for with money,” Matthäus stressed on Sky Sport (via @iMiaSanMia).
Musiala staying long term would certainly help break the mold and sentiment that Bundesliga talents winds up getting shipped off to the Premier League or one of Barcelona or Real Madrid after they really establish themselves. In the same way that Kane’s move from Tottenham to Bayern affected the polarity between the Premier League and the Bundesliga and English and German football as a whole.
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For Matthäus, Musiala is already in the category of some of club’s greats like himself, Robert Lewandowski, Manuel Neuer, Franz Beckenbauer, and others that have historically been in and amongst the club’s top earners. Financial figures across the decades would, of course, look different, but in relative terms, players in the highest earning brackets are predominantly comprised of club legends, which Musiala has already established himself as one ever since joining from the Chelsea youth ranks.
“In my opinion, Musiala has a free choice. He can practically write down the numbers himself, just like Franz Beckenbauer once said about me. If Manuel Neuer and Lewandowski earn or have earned 25 million a year, I think Musiala belongs in that category too. Five years 25 million/year plus a signing fee, that would be 150 million. That would be a good price and, in my opinion, a reasonable sum,” Matthäus rationalized.
All signs right now are pointing towards Musiala and Bayern reaching an agreement in the near future that would see him stay until 2029, but in the event that something were to fall through, Matthäus feels that 150 million euros should be the benchmark and price tag to try to lineup an ample replacement. “If Bayern were to look for a replacement for Musiala, he would first have to want to join – and Bayern would have to pay 150 million in transfer fees for a new player of this category,” he urged.
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