Negotiations between Manuel Neuer and FC Bayern Munich on a new contract are expected to stall. Because the world champion is too old for a pension contract? A pros and cons.
- Manuel Neuer would like to sign a "pension contract" with FC Bayern München *.
- However, the German record champion for the new board member Oliver Kahn should hesitate - and tend to a shorter contract term.
- Is Neuer (34) too old for a pension contract? A pros and cons .
Munich - Manuel Neuer * and FC Bayern do not agree. That reports the picture .
Manuel Neuer supposedly wants a pension contract with FC Bayern Munich
According to this, the world champion, at 34, would like to sign a pension contract in Munich until 2025 - at 39 to end his career not far from his home in Tegernsee.
The German record champion is said to tend to a two-year contract. In the middle of the Corona crisis *, plain text is spoken, negotiated hard - and certainly tough poker.
Is Manuel Neuer too old for a pension contract with Bayern? A pros and cons.
Pros: Manuel Neuer denies his successor at FC Bayern Munich valuable time with a pension contract
At FC Bayern you always had a feeling - when it was time to go. In the pre-season, Franck Ribéry and Arjen Robben impressively demonstrated this in their mid-thirties.
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Manuel Neuer should take an example from “Robbéry”. Two more years, and perhaps the best goalkeeper the football world has ever seen, could step out of the Allianz Arena * - without running the risk of only sitting on the bench at some point.
He would not be the first aged professional footballer whose body says "stop" at some point against expectations. If he really wants a pension contract, he runs the risk of being remembered as the blocker: someone who has taken the new goalkeeper generation, namely Alexander Nübel , valuable time to establish himself at Bayern .
For goals that the club will pursue when Neuer retires to his property on Lake Tegernsee as a "football pensioner". He should go when it is most beautiful - especially because of his successors.
Patrick Mayer
Cons: Manuel Neuer can show great performances even in old age - Oliver Kahn should know that
It borders on insulting majesty that FC Bayern has not yet extended the contract with Manuel Neuer . Even if the allegedly required four years are very ambitious.
Of course, it contradicts the Bavarian principle to equip stars over 30 with long-term contracts. They didn't do that for Ribéry or Robben - they too were absolutely deserved players. At Neuer , the bosses from Säbener Straße should still apply a different standard.
On the one hand, the 34-year-old still (or again) belongs to the absolute world class - on the other hand, a goalkeeper can show great performances even in old age. Oliver Kahn should know that, after all, he was 36 when he signed another contract.
Former goalkeeper, now board member: Oliver Kahn at Bayern.
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And if Neuer should no longer get to the level of his future competitor Alexander Nübe l , the captain will definitely be man enough and retire at his zenith.
Contract out, contract out. Manuel Neuer is capable of such a realistic self-assessment. Philipp Lahm demonstrated it.
Florian Schimak
Further news about FC Bayern and the corona crisis of the Bundesliga: FCB is planning a digital relief campaign for Munich in the fight against the corona virus. Meanwhile, hopes in the Corona crisis rest on a confidante of the Bayern bosses, Hoffenheim boss Dietmar Hopp.
