Behind the scenes of the David Alaba transfer saga

David Alaba has confirmed that he will be leaving Bayern Munich at the end of the current season, and it’s a big announcement. Talks with Real Madrid have been going on, which has been the case since the beginning of January. 

His agent is talking with five different clubs, namely, PSG, City, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Madrid, regarding his client’s services. Liverpool made an important bid from an economic point of view, and Chelsea did too. Many bids have come from the two Premier League teams, while Manchester City has remained rather quiet regarding their interest in the player. 

A salary worth €12 million has been agreed for four years with Real Madrid, which will allow Austrian to stay at the Spanish capital until 2025. There have been rumors doing the rounds that Alaba was actually demanding a €20 million per season salary; however that is not true.

Commissions could push the price of the deal up, alongside the salary promised to the player. His priority is joining Real Madrid, as has been widely documented in recent times, but it is worth noting that anything can happen in situations like this. 

For example, Luis Suarez was supposed to join Juventus in the summer of 2020, while David Silva was expected to reach a total agreement with Lazio before they switched their destinations to Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad, respectively. 

Real Madrid is still leading the race for the player due to his ambitions of playing for them, and the contract could be signed in the next few days. However, no such agreement to sign the papers has been reached yet.