A few years ago, a small earthquake happened in Bayern – David Alaba left the club as a free agent and signed for Real Madrid. The Bavarians offered a great contract but he wanted more. This time, Munich managed to keep Alphonso Davis and didn‘t allow him to go as a free agent (to Real again) and extended his contact. But today, another worrying news for Bayern fans came: Joshua Kimmich is closer to leaving the German giant in June after Bayern decided to abandon negotiations for a new contract. In fact, as Bild reported, the Munich club withdrew the contract offer it had sent to Kimmich, irritated by the captain’s prolonged delay in responding.🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Bayern Munich have withdrawn their contract extension offer to Joshua Kimmich! 😳❌The German player becomes a free agent this summer.(Source: @cfbayern) pic.twitter.com/MNsVANEhEF— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) February 27, 2025 The whole situation with Bayern and Kimmich is one big roller-coaster. Five years ago, Bayern legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge called the versatile Kimmich “a captain for the future”. The club believed he would stay in Bavaria until the end of his career, and the contract which is ending now gave him the status of one of the highest-paid players with an annual salary of 20 million euros. Then Julian Nagelsmann was sacked and Thomas Tuchel came in. His relationship with Kimmich soon deteriorate and the club wanted to offer his player a new contract but with an intention to lower his salary. And then when Vincent Kompany came and the Germany captain is at his best again. So the Bayern management decided to give an improved offer to Kimmich and even a slight wage raise. Poker of goals help Bayern overcome the crisisBut they became increasingly nervous with the delay in talks, as the midfielder hesitated. The Bavarians wanted a fundamental decision, not to talk to him about the contents of his contract. So, they decided to withdraw the current offer. According to Bild, negotiations are not entirely closed, but any new offer for Kimmich will only be lower than the previous one, not higher. The alarm has already been triggered at Liverpool and Barcelona, who are reportedly interested in Bayern’s captain and German national team star, who is approaching his 100th cap for Die Mannschaft. Liverpool, in particular, is set for a turbulent summer transfer window, as they are expected to lose Trent Alexander-Arnold and likely Mohamed Salah, and possibly even Virgil van Dijk.##NAJAVA_MECA_8736133##
