New transfer vortex at the record champions. One of the longest-serving players at Bayern is on the brink. A change in summer is in the offing.
- Won in his 2013 premier season Javi Martinez with the FC Bayern the Champions League.
- Meanwhile it is 31 year old Spaniard removed from its performance time – also due to increased Vulnerability to injury.
- Be Contract with the FCB ends in 2021 – a farewell after the end of the current season is emerging.
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Munich – As Javi Martinez in May 2013 the Champions League trophy stretching out into the night sky of London was in just one season meteoric rise in the ranks of soccer stars.
FC Bayern coach * Jupp Heynckes previously from Athletic Bilbao to Munich – together at the end of the season the triple was booked for the German record champions. In the following years, the Midfield scraper to the top performers at FCB and was able to collect a few more titles – including the German championship.
Bayern Munich: Javi Martinez sagged in the sporting hierarchy
However, those days on the Isar are over. Meanwhile it is Basque Martinez one of the longest-serving professionals in the Hansi Flick * squad, and some players have passed in the sporting hierarchy. Despite his flexibility the 31-year-old does not belong in central midfield still in the Central Defense to the first guard.
It was mostly Injurieswho robbed Javi Martinez of numerous appearances in the Bayern Munich shirt. Loud Kicker came the Central player out of a total of 401 competitive games, only used in 235 games.
There are now younger FCB colleagues who have the edge. At the strongest German club, the squad * is traditionally peppered with well-known professionals. In the Season 2019/20 form Joshua Kimmich and compatriot Thiago Alcantara, who is about to extend the contract, a harmonious duo.
Cheering together for a long time: Javi Martinez, Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Müller (from left) in a photo from 2016.
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Javi Martinez (FCB): End of contract in 2021 – farewell a year earlier?
Martinez used to be with Bastian Schweinsteiger also a congenial partner, but these times are over: before the season was interrupted because of Corona * and the FCB was also affected by the stop, the Spaniard temporarily became a weak point:
With the recovered Leon Goretzka another competitor has the nose in the middle of the field and there are still there David Alaba. Like Martinez, this can also be used in the Central Defense ran – and was used there more often in the first half of the season. Jerome Boateng, whose future in Munich, like some of his teammates, is on shaky legs, has the edge there too.
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The contract between Javi Martinez and FC Bayern Munich ends in summer 2021. An extension is neither planned by the club nor by the player, like that Kicker reported. To generate a transfer fee, a transfer one year before the expiry is the most likely variant.
At potential customers there should be no shortage: clubs from home – especially old love Bilbao – has been interested in the renowned for quite some time Bundesliga professional * said.
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