Bayern’s wage squeeze meets costly renewals as Hoeness questions Eberl | OneFootball

Bayern Munich, long admired for restraint, are under financial strain and pushing a bonus heavy wage model while targeting up to 40 million euros of savings. Looming extensions could prove costly.

According to L'Équipe, Bayern posted a 27.1 million euros net profit last year, helped by Club World Cup income, but now risk dropping into the red. Uli Hoeness says the plan is lower basic pay and larger performance bonuses to better match reward with output.

The Leroy Sané case shows the tension. A cut and a shift to about one third variable pay were explored, yet the winger chose roughly 9 million euros net per year at Galatasaray, and Max Eberl has not reduced the wage bill.

Hoeness has criticised Eberl's spending and said his chances of staying are falling by the day. Despite last summer's exits of Thomas Müller on 24 million euros gross annually and Kingsley Coman and Sané on 19 million euros each, overall costs are up 3 per cent on 2024.

Recent renewals have complicated the squeeze, notably Dayot Upamecano's extension to June 2030 worth 20 million euros gross per year. Eberl wants to stop others following that example.

Talks with Konrad Laimer, under contract to 2027, have stalled, with his camp seeking almost double his roughly 9 million euros gross. Bayern also want to secure Michael Olise, tied to 2029, and extend Harry Kane beyond 2027, making rapid savings unlikely at Säbenerstrasse.

Source: L'Équipe