FC Bayern Munich extends contract with Manuel Neuer until 2023

FC Bayern prematurely extended the contract with Manuel Neuer until 2023.

The club announced on Wednesday. The goalkeeper’s previous contract would have expired in 2021.

Of the corresponding plans Bayern had SPORT1 already reported exclusively in December.

“In the weeks of the shutdown as a result of the corona pandemic, I didn’t want to make a decision because nobody knew whether, when and how things would go on with Bundesliga football,” said Neuer.

It was also important to him “to be able to continue working with our goalkeeper coach Toni Tapalovic. Now that this has been resolved, I look to the future with great optimism. I feel very comfortable and at home in Bavaria. FC Bayern is and remains one of the top European addresses in football. “

Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge reacted enthusiastically.

“Manuel is the best goalkeeper in the world and our captain,” said the CEO.

Irritation due to contract details

There had been plenty of discussion in the past weeks and months. First because of the transfer from Alexander Nübel.

With the Schalke goalkeeper, the Munich team have already signed a potential successor for the 2014 world champion for the coming season, he has signed a contract until 2025. Nübel has now been clearly declared by the bosses as a substitute who should learn from Neuer.

Then Neuer chuckled that supposed details from the contract talks had leaked to the public. But in the end both sides tried to smooth the waves.

The contract is the logical consequence.

Kahn and Salihamidzic praise: strong signal

“I can very well put myself in the situation in which Manuel finds himself,” said Oliver Kahn: “We have understood in which direction Manuel thinks in this phase of his career and what is important for him. With his contract extension he has sent a strong signal. “

Sports director Hasan Salihamidzic also spoke of an “important sign. Together we created a win-win situation. That was what was important to us and to Manuel. Manuel stands for the continuous success of FC Bayern, for responsibility and world class.”

Neuer moved from FC Schalke 04 to Munich in summer 2011 and has been awarded four times as a goalkeeper since then.

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