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German media: Bayern will not bow his head and agree to sign the signing fee for Sane, and the two sides will break up if they cannot agree.

6:16pm, 10 May 2025Football

May 6th, Bayern winger Sane's decision to suddenly change his agent made the contract renewal between him and the club no longer certain. The local media Munich Evening News reported that Bayern will not agree to Sane's current signing fee requirement. The report pointed out that everything seemed to be on the right track: negotiations for renewal between Sane and Bayern were going well, and the 29-year-old has received a three-year contract offer to 2028. His annual salary will be 1 million euros in the future, plus a bonus of up to 5 million euros.

After Bayern drew with Leipzig last Saturday, the team's sports director Ebertell said: "Bayern had a good and effective dialogue with Sane, but the signing has not been completed. We have not fully agreed. We want to reach an agreement, and Sane also wants - the details need to be finalized now."

However, the turning point suddenly came: Sane informed Ebertell on Sunday that he had changed his agent, and Bayern and Sane's previous agency "11WINS" (they also act as Musiara) were caught off guard. Sane's current agent is Zahavi.

Zahavi has a bad reputation at Bayern: he served as his adviser before Alaba joined Real Madrid without a visa, and also led to a deal for Lewandowski to transfer to Barcelona. Bayern honorary chairman Heness once called Zahavi "a greedy piranha." The report said that negotiations between the two sides must now start from scratch and are likely to become complicated. Because: Bayern hopes to significantly reduce Sane's current annual salary of about 17 million to 20 million euros, which is a requirement issued by the Supervisory Board for Eber.

Sane has played 43 games for Bayern this season, scoring 13 goals and contributing 5 assists, which is his best season since joining Bayern. Sane now has an advantage: his contract will expire this summer and become a free agent, so he will receive a signing fee if he transfers to other clubs.

According to the Munich Evening News, he will not receive this signing fee at Bayern. When he completed his contract renewal with Davis and Musiara, Eber agreed to the high signing fee, which has caused criticism within Bayern.

The question thus raises is: Will Sane lose bet? Bayern has long announced that it will continue to implement the route of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, so it can be foreseen that they will not bow to Zahavi. On the contrary, if Sane had too high money requirements, the possibility of breaking up between the two sides is more realistic now than ever.

Premier League team Arsenal is currently interested in Sane, and Bayern can still rely on Olise, Gnabry and Koeman on the wing in the new season. Bayern also hopes to introduce Leverkusen attacker Wiltz.

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