No, newer is never worth 100 million in life
No question, Manuel Neuer is still an outstanding goalkeeper – but he is already 35 years old when his contract ends in 2021. If FC Bayern still wants to give him another contract, it must run for one or two more years at reasonable terms.
A five-year contract up to 2025 with an annual salary of EUR 20 million, i.e. a total volume of EUR 100 million, as Neuer apparently demands, does not fall into the “reasonable” category. On the contrary. Such a demand at the negotiations two weeks ago, already in the Corona crisis, is outrageous – regardless of the fact that the Spaniard Hernández and the Brazilian Coutinho supposedly earn in this category.
If Neuer doesn’t come to his senses quickly, Bavaria should refrain from any offers and adopt Neuer at the latest in 2021.
With Alexander Nübel (23), Bayern already has the new successor under contract from the coming season. Especially since the newer will hardly get better with increasing age in the next few years. Even now he is only the eighth best goalkeeper in the Bundesliga, if you go according to the important category of the balls blocked. At 70 percent, it is behind Düsseldorf’s Kastenmeier or Wolfsburg’s Pervan.
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