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Bayern Munich’s quest to trim the wage invoice continues on. The publicly declared quest noticed a number of excessive earners in Leroy Sané, Thomas Müller and Kingsley Coman depart the membership however the trimming must proceed. Is that the primary purpose for a possible Leon Goretzka departure? Maybe not, however in accordance with Florian Plettenberg, as captured by @iMiaSanMia, it’s one in every of them:
As issues stand, the tendency with Leon Goretzka is in direction of a departure in the summertime, although a last choice has not been made but. Goretzka is without doubt one of the excessive earners – and the actual fact Bayern are looking out for a possible successor (Nathan De Cat) signifies that the German worldwide is unlikely to get a brand new deal.
This season, Aleksandar Pavlović has firmly overtaken Leon Goretzka within the midfield pecking order, pushing the veteran Germany worldwide to common bench appearances. In the meantime, Tom Bischof is actually pushing arduous to get extra minutes. Given Bayern’s aforementioned quest to trim the wage invoice, maybe Leon Goretzka’s wage merely doesn’t match how the squad wants him and it might see him offloaded as soon as his contract expires in 2026.
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