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Bayern Munich are no longer prepared to negotiate a new contract with defender David Alaba, club president Herbert Hainer said on Sunday.
Alaba, 28, now looks set to leave the Champions League winners on a free transfer next summer, with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus among the clubs reportedly interested. He can sign a pre-contract agreement from Jan. 1, 2021.
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Bayern reportedly offered Alaba a five-year deal with an annual salary of around €11 million, which could have gone up to €15m with bonuses.
“We have a new situation since this weekend,” Hainer said on BR Blickpunkt Sport on Sunday. “Quite a while ago, we made David and his agent what we find was a very good offer.”
However, having set Alaba and his agent, Pini Zahavi, a deadline of the end of October to agree terms, which they failed to meet, Hainer added: “We wanted to have clarity at the end of October. It’s a crucial position for which we want planning security.
“We did not hear back from his camp until [Oct. 31]. Our sporting executive Hasan Salihamidzic chased the agent, but he replied that the offer was still unsatisfactory, and we should continue to think about it.
“Based on this, we decided to completely take the offer off the table. This means an offer does not exist anymore.”
Alaba has played at Bayern Munich for all of his professional career, but for a short loan stint with TSG Hoffenheim in the second half of the 2010-11 season.
The Austria international has made 394 appearances for Bayern, scoring 31 goals and providing a further 49 assists.