Chelsea close in on FREE signing as Bayern announce they expect world class star to leave
Bayern Munich must assume that David Alaba will leave says sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic.
Alaba has been in the headlines alot over the past few weeks after news broke that he would not be signing a new contract at the club, which alerted the club to a possible free deal at the end of the season
It was also revealed this week that Bayern had withdrawn their latest contract offer and Alaba insisted he had not been given enough time to make a decision and had only found out about the offer being withdrawn via the media.
Speaking prior to the 6-2 win over Salzburg in the Champions League on Tuesday, Salihamidzic appeared to confirm that Alaba will soon be leaving the club: “I can tell you what happened. We negotiated and made David an offer. He refused it. Ten days ago we sat down again and submitted another offer – with a deadline,” Salihamidzic told Sky.
“We informed David and his agent that we would withdraw the offer when the deadline expired. We did that. I spoke to his agent again on Saturday and tried to talk to David again on Sunday because I wanted to know what was going on, but not much happened.
“I don’t know anymore how we will find a way back together. We made an offer and it was rejected. Now we have to assume that David will leave us.
“At some point we wanted to have planning security and know how things would go from here. Then we all made that decision as a club. With Jerome Boateng, Lucas Hernandez, Niklas Sule, Benjamin Pavard – we are well-stocked in this position.”