The contract poker between Bayern Munich and Dayot Upamecano is getting more and more heated. Now the bosses have given the central defender an ultimatum.
Sea Bild Upamecano was informed that he had to decide by mid-February whether to accept the contract offer that had been in place since the end of December. There will be no changes to the terms and conditions of the offer; any improvement is out of the question.
FC Bayern: Pressure on Upamecano is growing
Upamecano’s contract with the German record champions expires in the summer of 2026. He was recently absent from coach Vincent Kompany’s team due to illness.
SPORT1 already reported that the Munich supervisory board was irritated by the stalling tactics of Upamecano and his advisor.
After all, those responsible have reached the financial threshold in numerous respects with their contract offer to the 28-year-old.
Upamecano contract with an exit clause?
Dem Bild-According to reports, an exit clause of 65 million euros was anchored in the present contract, which could be drawn as early as 2027.
In addition, if all bonus payments are reached, the French national player could earn an annual salary of almost 20 million euros and collect another 20 million euros in hand money.
That’s what Eberl says about the status at Upamecano
After initial optimism last week, sports director Max Eberl was already more hesitant about Upamecano’s whereabouts. “There was speculation that Upa had basically agreed. We never said that. We said: We are waiting for Upa’s answer, that is the only one that counts. And we are waiting for that,” Eberl said last Friday.
Now the pressure on Upamecano and those around him seems to have increased. (NEWS: Everything about the transfer market in the SPORT1 transfer ticker)
