Munich (AP) - FC Bayern Munich has apparently agreed on a new contract with midfielder Thiago after the extra time with football professionals Thomas Müller and Alphonso Davies.
According to information from "Bild" and "Sport Bild", the cooperation with the 29-year-old Spanish international will be "fix" on June 30, 2021. The German record champion wants to announce the new term of the working paper later this week.
There was initially no official confirmation from the club. According to the latest statements by Thiago, Bayern President Herbert Hainer and also coach Hansi Flick, it would not come unexpectedly. Further cooperation could extend until 2024. "It would be a wonderful club to end a career," Thiago said on Monday in the Spanish newspaper "La Vanguardia".
In the "Kicker", supervisory board chairman Hainer expressed confidence that execution could be reported "in the foreseeable future". Flick had also told the German press agency about Thiago that one of the most important goals in FC Bayern's current personnel planning was to "maintain quality".
The early contract extensions with attacker Müller (30 / until 2023) and young professional Alphonso Davies (19 / until 2025) in the past few weeks already fit in with this. Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (34) and defender David Alaba (27), whose contracts expire in 2021, are also currently talking about new contracts.
Thiago switched from FC Barcelona to FC Bayern in 2013 for 25 million euros. "At Thiago you can just see what a brilliant football player he is. He is a special football player," said Flick about the noble technician. After an initial reservist role under Flick, Thiago had returned to regularity before the break in the season due to the coronavirus pandemic. "It's been great since the winter break," said Flick.
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Report at Bild.de