CEO Oliver Kahn considers a transfer from Dortmund’s Erling Haaland to FC Bayern to be financially unfeasible. “We wouldn’t do our job well if we didn’t deal with a young striker,” admitted Kahn on Sunday in Sport1’s “double pass”. Haaland is also “a very excellent striker, and he’s also a very interesting player for the future.”
A package of transfer fee and salary for the 21-year-old Norwegian is “very, very far from what we imagine,” said Kahn. “These are financial dimensions that are beyond our imagination.” Haaland is primarily associated with a move to Manchester City for coach Pep Guardiola. The Norway international can leave Dortmund after this season thanks to a €75m release clause. In addition, high consultant payments are likely to be due.
Dortmund’s advisor Matthias Sammer spoke about speculation about a possible move by Haaland to Manchester City and the financial dimensions a good month ago. “I know that City is behind. And it’s known,” Sammer had said. “The numbers, I had whiplash, I fainted. My wife got me up again. (…) I can’t count that far.” Haaland’s contract with BVB actually runs until the summer of 2024.
Kahn is very confident about Thomas Müller
Precisely because things are difficult at Haaland, Kahn wants Robert Lewandowski to stay long-term and has also announced a quick agreement with Thomas Müller. “We want him to stay at Bayern Munich for as long as possible,” he said of the Poles. One is already in contact with the world footballer. Lewandowski is also at a point in his career after years of continuous success with FC Bayern that the Pole is concerned, Kahn noted.
The contract of the 33-year-old striker runs until the summer of 2023. Recently there was speculation about a premature departure from FC Barcelona. Kahn had ruled out a change in the summer. The contracts of Manuel Neuer (36), Serge Gnabry (26) and Müller (32) will also expire at the end of June 2023. According to his own statement, Kahn is “very, very confident that we will be able to say something about it in the short term”.
The club is also “in very, very good contact” with Neuer, according to Kahn. Gnabry himself is in a “process of reflection”. Against the background of contract talks, the club boss also referred to the financial losses during the corona pandemic. “We’ve had two very, very difficult years,” he admitted.
Because of the death threats against coach Julian Nagelsmann, Bayern meanwhile want to examine possible steps. “Borders are now well exceeded here,” criticized the former world-class goalkeeper. “What happens to people who would send death threats to other people out of anonymity”, Kahn wanted to know with a view to the social networks and announced: “We will now also think about whether we can put a stop to it and got to.”
Nagelsmann had reported receiving 450 death threats on Instagram after the Champions League end with FC Bayern. “Of course you can show all of that, but then I won’t be able to finish it,” said the Bayern coach. “It’s unbelievable and not to be tolerated at all,” said Munich club president Herbert Hainer on the TV station picture about the death threats.