Polish stars Lewandowski and Bayern are due to expire next summer. However, according to the authoritative media "Kicker", the Bayern management has not yet contacted Levan on the renewal of the contract. It is not difficult to understand that the attitude of Bayern management "has led to the great dissatisfaction of Levan and his brokerage team".
As a two-time World Footballer of the Year and a top player for Bayern, Levan deserves the respect of Bayern's management. In fact, Levan has repeatedly expressed his willingness to retire at Bayern and has refused invitations from other clubs. Now, with just over a year left in the contract, even if the two sides ultimately fail to renew their contracts due to annual salaries and other issues, Bayern management should at least show due diligence.
In response, German football star Mateus criticized: "If you (Bayern management) have not contacted Levan so far, I think it is disrespectful! This was unthinkable under Hénez or Rummenigge in office. Even if we still have to wait out of financial difficulties, the player will know that the relationships he faces are not the same as before! ”
Indeed, with Bayern management now "hanging" Levan aside, this approach clearly deviates from Bayern's previous positioning of being known as the most humane, so the media such as "kickers" have also clearly supported Levan in this matter, believing that Bayern management's indifferent attitude towards Levan's contract extension is "incomprehensible".
If you look at the decision to leave the team that Jules made earlier, it can be seen that Bayern's internal problems today do not seem simple. Some German media questioned: After the bayern management completes the replacement of the old and new, is the existing structure chaotic internal division of labor, or is the personnel ability insufficient? From Frick's dismal departure to frequent short-circuits in reinforcements and contract extensions, the accusations against Bayern management are not unreasonable.
Not only that, but after the "kicker" broke the news and Mateus fired again, the first reply of bayern management seemed to be reversed.
Among them, when asked by the "kicker" why Bayern was slow to discuss the renewal of the contract with Levan, the chairman of the Bayern Supervisory Board, Heiner, first introduced that the team's economic situation was indeed not good, and then said under the reporter's questioning that "Levan knows that we attach great importance to him, and I have expressed my gratitude to him many times", but avoided talking about when to start the renewal negotiations, "We are now focusing on the big goal, striving for the Bundesliga ten consecutive championships and winning the Champions League. ”
Understandably, Heina's identity and position dictate that he will not be personally involved in the specific affairs of the club. Just as the news of Jules joining Dortmund suddenly broke, only Haina stood up on behalf of bayern management and said some polite words, and the topic of Levan's contract extension was not his main responsibility, so Heiner still expressed that "at present, this work is handled by Kahn and Sally, and they will focus on the future of the club and work seriously." ”
So, how does Bayern chairman Kahn respond to Levan's renewal? Strangely enough, Kahn's focus was on Mateus, who had previously criticized Bayern management, and then chose to fight Mateus: "Mateus has never managed the club since his career as a player and coach. Unfortunately, he has been contributing headlines lately as a good football expert and I advise him not to talk about topics that lack insight. ”
Fans familiar with Bayern may feel it: Heine and Kahn's response seems to be putting the cart before the horse, cross-inheriting the media roles that Hones and Rummenigge once had at Bayern – Hoeness often maintains Bayern's image by "firing cannons", while Rummenigge is better at responding through concrete operations.
Therefore, the outside world is now more concerned about the Bayern board headed by Kahn, how to face the renewal of the core players next. Bild followed up by saying that Kahn had made up his mind to extend his contract with Levan and work to adapt to levan's salary growth. For example, the renewal of Levan's contract until 2025 will require an estimated 85 million euros for the entire budget, including floating bonuses.
It should be added that Bayern's recent financial report shows that the shrinkage of economic income is an important factor in the obstruction of Bayern management's contract extension and reinforcements. Next, if Bayern wants to successfully renew the contract of Levan, Neuer, Müller and other meritorious players, it is necessary to seek "open source" in addition to "throttling", and player sales have become an important way.
Looking back at 2018, Bayern reaped a transfer income of up to 93.5 million euros (the highest all-time high) by selling players such as Costa, Vidal, Bernat and Rudy in the transfer market, thus laying the foundation for the high-priced signing of players such as Lucas in the later period. Look at Bayern's transfer income for the next three years: 54 million euros in 2019, 22 million euros in 2020, and only 1 million euros in 2021. In contrast, Borussia Dortmund's total transfer revenue over the past three years has reached 238 million euros (the above figures come from the "German transfer market").
Some media analysts have pointed out that if Bayern has firmly sold players whose contracts are about to expire in recent years, such as Alaba, Jules and Tolisso - even if they are sold at a low price, they can at least exchange 50 million euros in revenue. Without further ado, these lessons determine that Bayern management's top priority today is really to secure player sales this summer to achieve "open source".
In this regard, can Sal, Rocca and other erroneous reinforcements be returned in time? Can loan players such as Zilkerze, Richards and Mai be monetized? Or even Gnabry, whose contract extension was blocked, pushed into the transfer market? Such a choice can bring a lot of income to Bayern, not to mention the renewal of players such as Levan, and it is not impossible to take the initiative to recruit in the transfer market.