Joshua Kimmich has played 173 games for Bayern so far. Image: www.imago-images.de / Frank Hoermann
FC Bayern: Joshua Kimmich’s future seems to have been decided
Negotiations about a new contract between FC Bayern and its stars have recently been anything but successful.
Defender David Alaba first left the club in the summer for free and moved to Real Madrid, after the Munich and the Austrians had differed widely in terms of salary expectations.
It was also recently announced that the talks with midfield star Leon Goretzka, whose contract expires next summer, will be on hold, and that money will also be the problem here. There were also rumors that Kingsley Coman (contract until 2023) should demand a salary of 20 million euros if it is extended. A sum that would be difficult to cope with even for the record champions in times of pandemic.
Joshua Kimmich’s contract also runs until summer 2023, but almost noiselessly, according to information from the “Bild” newspaper, the Munich-based company has now agreed with Kimmich on an early extension.
The new deal should bind the 26-year-old to the club until 2026 and also be associated with a decent salary increase. His current salary of ten million euros should therefore be almost doubled. This would make the midfield star one of the top earners and move up to a salary category with Manuel Neuer and Thomas Müller.
Kimmich: “Good bonds together”
Last year, ex-CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge described Kimmich as “the captain of the future”. The midfielder, on the other hand, only focuses on the current season: “We are relaxed and ready for the new season. We have a good bond”he said at the team presentation in the Munich arena on Wednesday.
According to “Bild” there should have been another meeting between Kimmich and the club bosses on Monday and both should agree. The special thing about it: Kimmich has no advisor and negotiated his contract details on his own. A lawyer should only read about the final draft.
And even with Kimmich’s midfield partner Leon Goretzka, after a few weeks of radio silence, the signs are again on extension. Talks about an extension have resumed, according to “Bild”.
(lgr)
