CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has denied media reports about a proposed departure of Austrian soccer star David Alaba from FC Bayern.
“As I’ve heard, there are rumors that we would like to hand David Alaba over to Manchester City in exchange for Leroy Sane. In addition, I say very clearly: This is Grimm’s fairy tale and has nothing to do with reality. ”
Rummenigge said this to “Münchner Merkur” and “tz”. Alaba (27) has a contract in Munich until 2021. Sane (24) was considered a dream player in Bavaria in summer 2019, but then tore the cruciate ligament. It is speculated that Munich will now sign the DFB star this summer.
No news regarding transfers for now
Rummenigge, however, claimed that new players are currently not being fixed. “No one knows today exactly how the Corona crisis will affect football in the coming weeks and months. So we put the topic of newcomers on hold, ”he said.
In addition, the 64-year-old believes that the sometimes extremely high transfer fees and player salaries are “being re-examined by all clubs across Europe due to the consequences of the crisis”.
Negotiations are currently only underway with professionals whose contracts expire after the coming season: In addition to Alaba, there are also captain Manuel Neuer, Thomas Müller, Jerome Boateng, Javi Martinez, Thiago and the two substitute goalkeeper Sven Ullreich and Ron-Thorben Hoffmann.
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(APA)
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