None of the European giants from that inner circle of huge clubs – the top five or six clubs – seem to have as much trouble renewing the contracts of their biggest stars as Bayern have in recent years.For a long time in Munich, they bragged about that salary pyramid that no one could break. On it, you knew exactly who was where, how much belonged to whom – all on merit (more or less), however for some time, or to be more precise, from the blackmailing attitude of David Alaba and the stubbornness of the club’s leaders not to meet it, which is resulted in him leaving for Real Madrid without compensation, Bayern are in serious trouble. They never manage to find common ground with their biggest aces and transfer window to transfer window they encounter similar situations as three years ago.Giving fabulous contracts to veterans like Thomas Muller and Manuel Neuer (20 and a half million per season each) didn’t help at all. It obviously had an effect on the younger players as well, so that their appetites grew, so in Munich they came to a situation where half of the players have incomes of 15,000,000 euros per year and above.There are currently as many as five at 20+ million (Kane, Neuer, Muller, Sane and Kimmich), while Serge Gnabry, Leon Goretzka and Kingsley Coman are only a million or two below.##NAJAVA_MECA_8222319##In such a situation, Max Eberl met his first transfer deadline and it is not easy for him to carry out the announced reconstruction of the team. True, he already spent close to 150,000,000 euros, but it should be remembered that he hired players whose value is many times higher – almost 250,000,000! At the same time, none of them, not even Michael Olise (22), as one of the stars of the Premier League, received anywhere near as big a salary as the aforementioned first team players. He will earn 13,000,000 euros at the gross level. All other newcomers far, far less.That is one side of the coin. Let’s go back to the other side, that is, the key problem of Bayern in recent years…The big question is whether any top club currently has three such valuable and important players as the Bavarians have in Alphonso Davies (50,000,000), Joshua Kimmich (50,000,000) and Leroy Sane (70,000,000), who are left with less than 12 months of contractual obligation.It must be admitted that this represents an extremely unpleasant situation both for Eberl and for the entire sports sector. Especially since there are important negotiations going on to buy another midfielder/attacker. Let’s remember that the target list includes Xavi Simons, Desire Doue and Dani Olmo.Kompany wants Kimmich to stay – the club will allow it if the defender takes a pay cutAfter the loss of David Alaba, Bayern found themselves in a difficult position several more times. In order not to have the same outcome as with the Austrian, they had to sell Robert Lewandowski to Barcelona, then a year later Lucas Hernandez and Benjamin Pavard, so now the logical question arises: what will happen to the mentioned trio?There is no lack of interest for Kimmich. Pep Guardiola wants him in Manchester City, Hansi Flick is calling his countryman to join him in Barcelona. But Vincent Kompany expressed to the club’s management the desire to try to keep the projected captain. Real Madrid have been flirting with Alphonso Davies for some time and it is no secret that they want him, while Bayern have no intention of meeting his 20,000,000 salary request. And today’s news from the Island says that Mikel Arteta is looking at Leroy Sane, if the Gunners fail to get hold of Nico Williams.But even this, the impression is, is not a key issue. Perhaps the main one would be: when did Bayern get into a position – and so institutionally weakened – that its best and most important players are blackmailing the club more and more often? To the point where they threaten to go to ‘weaker’, more unstable clubs, with fewer chances to win the most important trophy?So, what have they been doing wrong in Munich in recent years? Can the Max Eberl – Christoph Freund duo change anything? Will the order be restored again in Munich? Will Sabener Strasse become an address that even the biggest stars will respect (as it used to be)?Eberl x Freund 🧑🍳 pic.twitter.com/RM0g9Zz6j8— * (@Tel39enjoyer) July 9, 2024
