Musiala continues to stir up anger
“Lifelong contract” for FC Bayern’s “footballer of the century”?
September 27, 2024, 5:17 p.m
Once again at the center of the discussions: national player Jamal Musiala is FC Bayern’s greatest hope for the future. Before the duel with Bayer Leverkusen, club president Herbert Hainer uses big words, record national player Lothar Matthäus makes a clear announcement.
According to Lothar Matthäus, FC Bayern should leave no stone unturned financially to extend Jamal Musiala’s contract in the long term. “With Musiala you can’t have a pain threshold. You have to go all in,” said the record national player before the top game in the Bundesliga between Munich and defending champion Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday (6.30 p.m./Sky and in the live ticker on ntv.de).
The 21-year-old Musiala is considered – alongside Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz – the greatest German talent; Bayern therefore want to extend the contract with the offensive player, which runs until 2026, in the long term. Matthäus asked his former club not to set any limits. “It’s not just about one or two years, but about the next period Bayern Munich, where well-known players stop,” recalled the 63-year-old.
A long-term extension including a salary increase and a bonus for signing the contract – which is common in the industry – is likely to cost Bayern a lot. But that shouldn’t be an obstacle. “I would go all in. And I think Bayern will do that too,” said Matthäus. He raved about Musiala, who was not only brilliant as a dribbler, but also a team player and also very down-to-earth. “Actually, you should give him a lifetime contract.”
For Hainer, Musiala is a “footballer of the century”
Bayern President Herbert Hainer told the “Abendzeitung” in Munich that “we love our Jamal more than anything, he is a footballer of the century, and our first aim is of course to tie him to FC Bayern in the long term.”
In the top Bundesliga game against Leverkusen, Musiala and new signing Michael Olise could create strokes of genius. Sky expert Matthäus was also surprised by the Frenchman who was signed in the summer; He compares the 22-year-old with an FC Bayern hero: “We had an Arjen Robben in his position. I would somehow see him playing at Bayern for the next three or four years.”
Olise moves like the Dutchman, makes similar moves, can dribble and has a good shot. “He sees his teammates even better than Arjen Robben,” Matthäus even emphasized. “He has speed, wit, he recognizes the situation; yes, a bit of Arjen Robben.”
