Manuel Neuer remains another year at Bayern. The goalkeeper and the record champions extend the contract for another season until June 30, 2026. The step had emerged in the past few weeks, Neuer has been playing in Munich since summer 2011.
Sports director Max Eberl commented on the personnel full of satisfaction: “Manuel Neuer is the best goalkeeper of his generation and already an icon of FC Bayern. When you talk about the goalkeeper game of our time, you talk about Manuel Neuer, and that worldwide. It is an absolute role model – as far as the field. We are very pleased that this uniquely successful relationship continues. “
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Sports director Christoph Freund, who indicates a new role as an important character, sounds similar: “He is our captain, a great personality of Bayern and the team knows that she can always rely on him.”
The goalkeeper himself emphasizes that the desire to play and the competition is still driving him: “I have a lot of fun playing football and would like to continue to be a FC Bayern player. I am still hungry and look forward to another year in this special club. We were always in good conversations, that’s a nice feeling. “
Neuer had switched from FC Schalke 04 to FC Bayern, and has been wearing the captain’s armband of Bavaria since 2017. He celebrated the triple of Champions League, Championship and DFB Cup (2013, 2020) and twice the winning World Cup and the European Supercup in the same years. Neuer became German champion eleven times, won the DFB Cup six times and the German Supercup seven times. The 38-year-old is currently in 547 competitive games for FC Bayern.
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