Alaba spent two and a half months playing poker with clubs across Europe after his Bayern offer was rejected.
Now his move to Madrid is apparently a done deal.
The
Alaba poker
is over!
The 28-year-old will move to the Spanish league in the summer.
At
Real Madrid
, the Austrian apparently already passed the medical check.
Alaba played
for FC Bayern * for
almost 13 years
and closes an eventful chapter - now his long-time friend Franck Ribéry is expressing himself.
Update from January 20, 9:29 a.m.: It
is still not
clear
where
David Alaba
*
will be going from next summer.
What is certain is that the Austrian will leave Bayern.
Much to the chagrin of one of his best buddies.
"The situation is not easy," says
Franck Ribéry
in an interview with
Sport Bild
about the failed contract
poker
between
Alaba
and the
record champions
: "But I still hope that David and Bayern will find a very good solution."
Ribéry
, who formed
the duo on the left wing at
FC Bayern
with
Alaba
until the summer of 2019
, is hoping for a good end, “but sometimes it doesn't fit.
This is life, this is football ”.
In
the interview
,
Ribéry
vehemently
denied
that the Frenchman allegedly made contact between
Alaba
and
Real Madrid
.
"No, that is not correct.
So
far I haven't
talked
to
Zinedine Zidane
about David, he hasn't even got David's number about me, as was already written, "said the 37-year-old FCB legend:" If Zizou wants to know something, I will tell him - but I'm not going to take sides or approach him.
It is David's life, he has to make a decision himself. "
Alaba decision at Bayern!
Real change fix, dream salary for defense star
First report
from January 19th:
Munich - Long was gambling, now a final
decision has
probably been made.
Defense chief
David Alaba
*
from
Bayern Munich
*
will leave the club for free after long negotiations for Spain.
The Austrian receives a top salary at his new club
Real Madrid
, apparently he has already passed the medical check.
A final confirmation from the clubs was still pending, Alaba's father and advisor George did
not want to know about an agreement
to
bild.de
: “I cannot confirm the reports from Spain.
Nothing is fixed or signed yet. "
David Alaba: Madrid change fixed - almost 13 years of FC Bayern end in summer
On the night of Tuesday, the Spanish trade magazine
Marca reported
the contract between Alaba and the royal family.
As a result, the defender signed for four years.
The Austrian should
earn
around
eleven million euros
net a year - as much as captain Sergio Ramos, whose contract expires in the summer.
Alaba can look back on
13 eventful years
at Bayern, he also played half a year on loan for TSG Hoffenheim *.
In addition to nine German championships * and six cup victories *, he was in the Champions League final * four times with the Munich team and won
the handlebar
twice
.
His era comes to an inglorious end after Bayern's offer was rejected in November and the subsequent “radio silence” that prevailed according to Rummenigge *.
David Alaba: Top clubs chased the Austrian - he ran over 400 times for Bayern
From January 1, the defensive man and his advisor
Pinhas Zahavi were
allowed to negotiate with other clubs.
Top clubs
from all over Europe were on the 28-year-old, including Paris Saint-Germain and the Premier League clubs * Liverpool FC, Chelsea FC and Manchester City.
In the end, the Madrilenians grabbed the seven-time Austrian
footballer of the year
.
Since joining the Bayern youth team in 2008, he has played
408 competitive games
for the record champions *, 33 appearances for the reserve team and 25 games for the Munich youth teams.
If Bayern do not
advance
to the final in the Champions League *, Alaba would
appear for the last time for FCB on the last Bundesliga * matchday against Augsburg
at the end of May
.
(ajr) * tz.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.
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