From a purely competitive point of view, Comand is well worthy of the same salary as another winger, Sane.
After experiencing the "opening black" in 2022, Bayern Munich's fortunes bottomed out this week, not only a few new crown positive players led by captain Neuer quickly returned to the team for training, but also the once-deadlocked Extension of Komang also turned around and suddenly staged a happy ending. After the French "Team Newspaper" was the first to disclose on Tuesday that Comand was about to renew his contract with a sharp salary increase, Bayern officially announced the big news on Wednesday, and the French winger, whose original contract expired in the summer of 2023, was renewed until 2027!
Witnessed by Kahn and Salihamidzic, Coman extended his contract with Bayern until 2027.
Comand became Bayern's third-placed main player this season, following midfielders Kimmich (who renewed his contract until 2025 in late August last year) and Goretzka (who renewed his contract until 2026 in mid-September last year). In addition, three young players – goalkeeper Fluchter (21 years old, renewed until 2023), striker Malik Tillman (19 years old, renewed until 2024) and defender Stanišić (21 years old, renewed to 2025) have also completed their contract extensions.
One fact that may surprise many people: the 25-year-old Comand is currently the fourth longest player to play for Bayern (with Kimmich), behind three bigwigs – Thomas Muller (who joined the academy in 2000), Neuer (who joined Schalke 04 in the summer of 2011) and Lewandowski (who joined Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2014). Today, Comand is bayern's longest-serving player.
In the summer of 2015, at the age of 19, Comand joined on loan from Juventus for two seasons, with a first-year loan fee of €5 million, and a buyout of €21 million the following year, or a total of $28 million. After the buyout of Comand, Bayern signed a formal contract until 30 June 2020. Just six months later, the "Ribery successor" won himself a big contract with his outstanding performance - renewed his contract with Bayern until Christmas 2017 until 2023, with an annual salary of 12 million euros before taxes. The person in charge of renewing Koman's contract at the time was Salihamidzic, who became sports director after his trip to Asia that summer. After the successful contract extension, Salli said: "Comand has made amazing progress this season and became a France international during his time at Bayern. We are delighted to sign a long-term contract with Kingsley and are confident that he will truly become Bayern's superstar in the future." ”
When Sully now renews his contract with Comand as a sports director, has the latter grown into a superstar? The answer is a matter of opinion, but it is certain that compared to 4 years ago, Coman has made amazing progress, whether it is his signature breakthrough, or his once unreliable passes and shots. There is no doubt that he is already "one of the top wingers on the planet" (Nagelsman). His most important and historic contribution is, of course, his victory in the 2020 Champions League final.
From a purely competitive point of view, Comand is well worthy of the same salary as another winger, Sane (believed to be 17 million euros before tax). And it is precisely because of the disparity in treatment with Sane, who only joined in the summer of 2020, that Comand's contract extension this time has been deadlocked from the beginning. According to Bild, Comand's demand is that the annual salary change from 12 million before tax to 12 million after tax, that is, more than 20 million before tax. The reason why Bayern is hesitant to meet his requirements is also obvious, one is the epidemic, and the other is Comand's multi-injured physique.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sharp drop in the income of Bayern, the world's healthiest magnath – according to club president Heiner, losing as much as 150 million a year. So last summer, Bayern's 15 million acquisition of Zabitzer had to rely on Nagelsman's initiative to cut wages by 15%.
Two surgeries in 2018 once made Comand retreat.
Compared with the epidemic, Comand's shocking injury record may be the decisive factor in Bayern's reluctance to easily meet its salary increase requirements. According to the statistics of the "Transfer Market" website, In the six and a half seasons since Comand played for Bayern, he has suffered 28 injuries of all sizes (plus 1 quarantine), missed a total of 518 days and missed as many as 83 games.
In his second season with Bayern, Comand suffered his first serious injury, injuring both his left ankle capsule and the lateral collateral ligament of his left knee, so he was suspended for almost two months. In 2018, when the ligament of his left ankle was torn twice, and he underwent two surgeries for it. Despite his successful comeback at the end of the 2017/18 season, Coman, the "champion harvester" (who has won league titles every season since his debut, plus a bunch of big and small cup titles, for a total of 24 titles) regrettably missed france's 2018 World Cup. That year, Comand was disheartened, and in an interview at the end of the year, he even revealed that he would hang up his boots after surgery, "I can't get another operation again." I've had enough. This may mean that my feet are unreliable. If that were the case, I would have lived a very different, anonymous life. ”
Koman and Sane made Bayern continue the great tradition of flying on both wings.
Fortunately, Although Comand has been injured since then, such as the torn left knee capsule in the Champions League group stage against Tottenham Hotspur in December 2019, and thus recuperated for 2 months, and the sudden underwent a minor operation due to arrhythmia in mid-September last year, the amazing thing is that his confidence on the field is getting stronger and stronger, and the overall level of competition has maintained an upward momentum. Especially after returning from heart surgery last fall, perhaps to prove he was worthy of a high salary, Comand ushered in the strongest period of his career in the two months from mid-October to mid-December, scoring five goals in eight league games and four Champions League games, plus two assists. And don't forget, in the 4-0 away win over Benfica, which had neither goals nor assists, Comand also pushed Sane, who scored 2 goals and 1 assist, and was selected as the best player on the spot by UEFA's technical group.
So far this season, although Coman has had five injury stops of varying lengths, including thigh muscle fiber tears and COVID-19 positives since mid-December last year, his competitive form seems to be completely unaffected, and as long as he plays, he can pass, cross and shoot at will. During the winter break, Kicker magazine was quite entangled in the Bundesliga winger position rankings, whether to put Comand or Sane in the first place, and in the end, Comand only slightly inferior to Sane, who had higher attendance and better data. As Kickers points out, in difficult games, despite Bayern's strong squad, Nagelsmann likes to rely on Comand.
Since Comand's level is comparable to that of Sane, his age, but attendance is almost interesting, but given his contribution to Bayern, it is reasonable for the two to be paid equally. According to the team newspaper, bayern and Comand's renewal of contract is now conditioned on an annual salary of 17 million yuan before tax, while the figure given by Sports Pictures magazine is less than 20 million. Most importantly, The farce of Alaba's contract extension did not repeat itself – both sides took a step back and the sky widened.
Talented young marshal Nagelsman was an important factor in Comant's contract extension.
As Kimmich and Goretzka said after the contract extension, Corman also pointed out that Nagelsmann was an important factor in his contract extension, "Nagelsman is very important to me. I liked him a lot, loved his vision and the idea of how he wanted us to go to the game. But his best thing is his energy. His energy is very powerful and it is transmitted to us. I think we can get better under him and that's very important to me. ”
Bayern Chairman Kahn said: "Today, world-class players are very cautious about where to sign. We are delighted that Kingsley has signed a long-term contract with us. When he has the ball on his feet, our fans will be happy. Spectators come to the stadium to see players like that. OPTA data points out that since the 2015/16 season, Comand has created 37 scoring opportunities through individual breakthroughs in the Bundesliga, which is more than double that of any other player – Brent, who is no. 2, has only 18 (below).
In Cologne this weekend, can we once again enjoy Comand's "sudden protrusion"? As early as last Saturday, Coman, who had turned the new crown into the dark and ended the quarantine, returned to Sebena Avenue for training. But because of his previous muscle injuries, it's unclear if he'll be back this Saturday afternoon, after all, Nagelsman wouldn't risk a normal league game.
In addition to Comand, Neuer, Alfonso Davis, Hupamecano, Sane, Toliso, Nyanzu Kwasi and Omar Richards have also regained their free reins, all joining the training team on the day of Comand's contract extension. Bayern are back in strength and no longer have to worry about cobbling together a starting line-up like against Borussia Monchengladbach, and rely on amateur players to fill the bench. If nothing else, Neuer, Hupa, Davis and Sane could all return to the starting list in Cologne immediately.
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