Nagelsmanns Monopoly

When he returned to the training place on Thursday after one and a half days - albeit separately from the rest of the team - Robert Lewandowski made a serious impression. The top scorer smiled smiling his laps with fitness trainer Simon Martinello, returned to team training this Friday and is on Saturday against Union Berlin (18.30, live! At team training).

How Lewandowski still bears the Bayern jersey is currently open. The contract of the Polish attacker ends in the summer of 2023, talks about an extension have not yet taken place. "Basically, FC Bayern has never drifted up," said President Herbert Hainer on Thursday the team training after Lothar Matthew had criticized the leadership of the FCB in the "Sports Image" for the approach with the scorer.

Of course it is always something easier to rate from outside.

Julian Nagelsmann about the Lewadowski negotiations

"He certainly networked quite well," Julian Nagelsmann said on Friday about Matthew. "Of course it's always something easier from outside. If you are sitting at the table and the talks with the players or advisers leads, this is not quite as easy as Monopoly to buy the castle enlea. It's a bit more difficult."

The fact is, the Bayern coach realized "that I would like to extend with Lewy and we would like to extend as a club with him. The white Lewy too."

Nevertheless, FC Bayern has to be weighed, as Lewandowski certainly does not want to drop his annual salary under the so far around 24 million euros a year in August, but already 34 will. How long can the serial winner of the team training cannon still hold this level? The record champion must be the balance between Lewandowski's age and highest merits as well as the perspective, not alone on the next season-oriented successor control.

A distraction in the player or the rest of the team does not matter to Nagelsmann because of the public debate at least: "I have always feeling and convinced that players are self-confident enough to get along with the situation."