Entering April, Levan's contract renewal has not progressed, and various transfer rumors have been heard, is this really Levan's idea of leaving? Or is it another hype from his agent Zahavi?
Bayern will take on Villarreal again in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in the early hours of tomorrow morning Beijing time. However, before the game, the Polish media released a strong material, saying that through the people around Levan, they learned that Barça had reached an agreement with Levan and the two sides would sign a three-year contract. The news immediately caused an uproar, but then the German famous Falke debunked the rumors, saying that as of now Levan has not reached an agreement with Barca, and Bild later said that the Polish media reports were just transfer rumors.
Despite this, the scandal between Levan and Barca has not been spread for a day or two. Many fans are also worried about this, and from the very beginning of the refusal to believe has become a little suspicious. Entering April, Levan's contract renewal has not progressed, and various transfer rumors have been heard, is this really Levan's idea of leaving? Or is it another hype from his agent Zahavi?
In fact, this is not the first time that Levan has become the focus of the transfer market, but it is always Real Madrid who has previously heard rumors with Levan. As early as his time at Borussia Dortmund, Levan had a scandal with Real Madrid, but he eventually moved to Bayern on a free transfer after his contract with Dortmund expired in 2014.
Then, in 2016, Levan renewed his contract with Bayern until 2021, and the salary also increased significantly, reaching an annual salary of 15 million euros. However, in the 2017-18 season, Levan spread another transfer rumor, and it was also in that season that Levan hired Zahavi as his agent, which was also regarded as one of the signals that he wanted to transfer and leave. The original blockbuster deal for Neymar's transfer to Paris was also run by the Israeli.
With transfer rumors flying all over the place, Levan's on-field performance pushed him to the cusp of the storm. In the two-legged Champions League semi-final with Real Madrid, the in-form Levan missed many good opportunities, and Bayern was eventually eliminated by Real Madrid, which drew a lot of criticism for Levan. The German media had begun to speculate at the time whether Levan was no longer thinking about Bayern.
What followed was the more controversial match between Bayern and Cologne, where Levan, who had been replaced earlier, was in a bad mood and even refused to shake hands with the coach. Bayern star Breitner publicly criticized Levan for being selfish at the time, and the German media said that Levan's move was to make a transfer.
Zahavi constantly hyped up the news that Levan wanted to leave, but Bayern took a tough stance, With Hoeness publicly saying that Levan was not for sale, and Rummenigge repeatedly stressed that Levan would stay. Coupled with the fact that the contract between the two sides was still very long at that time, Levan did not succeed in the transfer. Levan, who remained in the team, has also changed his attitude and continued to play hard at Bayern.
Levan's relationship with the club has eased and his performance has become more stable, so the matter of staying in the team has also progressed, and Bayern announced in the summer of 2019 that levan had extended his contract until 2023. This time Levan did not make any more moths, but despite this, Zahavi helped Levan get a top salary of more than 20 million euros in the Bayern team through his own means.
Perhaps many fans familiar with Bayern will think that this is levan's agent Zahavi speculating when they see Levan's transfer rumors flying all over the place again, after all, he is not the first time to do so. In fact, Bayern's relationship with Zahavi is very bad, as long as Bayern's contract extension with Alaba, Zahawi has already torn his face with Bayern.
Alaba followed Levan's role in hiring Zahavi to handle his contract extension and transfer with only one year left in his contract, but negotiations between the two sides never progressed. At that time, many German media said that Alaba's agent demanded an annual salary of more than 20 million euros (25 million), which would make Alaba a Bayern top salary player, and Zahavi also demanded a high commission. This sparked resentment among Bayern's then-retired honorary president Hoeness, who even publicly accused Zahawi of being a "greedy piranha".
Hoeness's remarks complicate matters. Alaba issued a statement saying that many of the claims and reports on the contract issue were untrue, Alaba's father accused Bayern of openly spreading "dirty lies", and Zahavi also said that he did not discuss the specific commission amount with Bayern. And because Zahavi just helped Levan renew his contract with his maximum salary a year ago, he was able to take full advantage of his information advantage and the club's maneuvering, claiming that he was very aware of how much Levan could get, and said that the salary he was fighting for Alaba was significantly lower than Levan.
The renewal negotiations between the two sides reached an impasse, and Bayern was very adamant about Alaba's asking price, and finally Alaba stayed in the team for a year and smoothly transferred to Real Madrid after the contract expired. Now Levan will also enter the contract year, and the two sides have a lot of differences on the issue of renewal. The transfer rumors have once again spread, only this time the target has changed from Real Madrid to Barca. Zahavi and Barca president Laporta have a good relationship, and the famous Fark has also revealed that Zahavi has made contact with Barca to put pressure on Bayern.
It is difficult to tell whether the transfer rumors are true or false, but the polish media's propaganda that Levan has signed a three-year contract with Barca is not very credible. After all, Levan's contract with Bayern will not expire until next summer, and the contract does not include a termination clause, so the transfer fee required by Bayern will not be very low if the transfer negotiations are reached at this time. Considering Barca's current financial situation, the issue of salary cuts and contract extensions for many players in its squad has not yet been resolved, and I am afraid that it is difficult to spend too high a transfer fee on Levan. Sure enough, this statement was quickly refuted by the German media.
In addition, even if economic factors are not considered at all, the Barca led by Xavi may indeed need a center forward, but the idea of building a team that focuses on youthfulness may not be in line with signing a veteran like Levan.
However, as Fark said, as Farca and Levan have not reached an agreement so far, which may not mean that Zahavi is not in contact with other clubs. Previously, Falke had said that Levan himself was open to transfers, and in order to promote Levan's transfer, Zahavi recommended levan not only to Barca, but also to Paris.
If Levan really wants a transfer, what is the motivation? In addition to fighting for the last big contract of his career, some media believe that teams such as Barcelona and Real Madrid will increase the chances of winning the Ballon d'Or for Levan. In addition, there was previous news that Zahavi was being investigated by the Belgian side for his suspected money laundering, so there were also German media suspected that Zahavi's active promotion of Levan's transfer was also related to money laundering.
In fact, Bayern do not have the habit of giving veterans a long contract, even for a meritorious player like Robery, it is only a year. At present, Levan's contract with Bayern expires in 2023, when the Poles will be about to turn 35, and even considering that the polish, who has always been self-disciplined, has maintained a good physical condition, I am afraid that Bayern will have a long contract. At present, Levan has already received the top salary of Bayern, and I am afraid that Bayern will find it difficult to give a higher salary on this basis.
In addition, for Bayern, there are several people who need to consider the renewal of the contract in addition to Levan, including Neuer, Müller and Gnabry. Among them, Neuer and Müller may have more references than the same veteran Levan, and bayern and Levan's contract renewal situation is bound to affect the renewal of the other two veterans. With such a problem that affects the whole body, I think Bayern will be extra cautious. Coupled with bayern's already bad relationship with Zahavi, it is not difficult to understand Zahavi's continuous release of news hype.
For those gossip teams, if you want to sign Levan this summer, you not only have to pay a not low transfer fee, but also bear Levan's salary, and spending such a large price to sign a veteran is also a thing worth carefully evaluating.
Of course, for Bayern today, Levan's role is still enormous. His injurious physique and stable output efficiency make it difficult to find Levan's successor. However, from another point of view, the replacement will come sooner or later, although this time may not be a good time, and it is difficult to find a replacement in a hurry, but if Levan really "decides to go", then if he can leave a transfer fee to leave, it may not be an unacceptable ending.
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