We have seen it several times before, where the most important Bayern players enter a protracted negotiation period, where demands for a salary increase are met with strong opposition from sober Bayern managers. Then it ends up with the parties becoming friends again in a compromise solution, or that the player takes the wage demand with him outside the club. Now we are witnessing a process that is leaning in the direction of exit.
Joshua Kimmich is considered one of the world’s best defensive midfielders. The German national team captain has been one of the greats at Bayern Munich for almost ten years, one of the players who has given Bayern the opportunity to rake in the biggest titles. In the summer, the contract expires, last week the sporting director announced they have given the 30-year-old a good offer, now it was up to the player. This week, something has happened.
Now Bild reports that Bayern Munich have lost patience with Kimmich over the past few days. So much so that they withdraw the offer of an extension. According to the German media, the decision was made at the board meeting on Monday, where the management agreed not to offer Kimmich more than in the offer he had not accepted.
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The door to extension is not closed, but this means that the parties are far apart. This smells of exit for one of Bayern’s key players.
In the middle of this, Kimmich picked up a hamstring injury in the big win against Eintracht Frankfurt and is forced into an awkward absence from the match arena.
