No contract talks yet
Defender Benjamin Pavard is considering leaving Bayern Munich and the Bundesliga. “I’m not against discovering a new project. Maybe now is the time. Why not discover a new country, a new culture?” said the defender in an interview with the French sports newspaper “L’Equipe“. The 26-year-old still has a contract with the German record champions until the summer of 2024. According to him, there have been no talks about a possible extension so far.
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A prerequisite for a possible change are the sporting prospects at another club. The project must be interesting, he puts the sporting issue above everything, said Pavard. “I’m not doing a fictitious scenario, we’ll see what options there are and we’ll talk to Bayern about it,” emphasized the defender, who switched from VfB Stuttgart to the Bundesliga leaders in 2019. “I have a lot of respect for Bayern, I learned the requirements there at a very high level and it’s an honor to wear this jersey,” said Pavard.
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So far, the 26-year-old has played 63 international matches for France and was called up by national coach Didier Deschamps for the World Cup in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December. “Right now my focus is on the World Cup, on being the best that I can be at a very big club, one of the best in the world,” said Pavard. His aim is to be able to switch between the positions of right-back and center-back at the club. “I know I can play any position. I’m comfortable in both positions and I’m changing clubs, it doesn’t bother me,” he said.
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In the last two Bundesliga games against Hertha BSC and Werder Bremen, the right-footed player had played more than 90 minutes in Munich’s defensive center after new signing Noussair Mazraoui (24) had received more regular playing time from coach Julian Nagelsmann to the detriment of Pavard in October. Although the new competition seems to be good for the defender, who is playing the best first half of the season in years, several media have subsequently reported that Pavard was frustrated by the situation.
News #Pavard: First player who left the locker room yesterday. First player who left the green today. No eye contact with the coaches. Frustrating training performance. And: At this stage no concrete talks about a possible extension beyond 2024. @SkySportDE pic.twitter.com/6ymGRHZnHJ
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) October 30, 2022
With the two players, the record champions have two of the three most valuable right-backs in the Bundesliga. “It’s a good competition between us, a healthy duel. We both bring out the best in each other, which is good for us. (…) At the moment you can’t say that one of us won this competition,” the Moroccan told the Munich “Abendzeitung”.
Speculations about a possible departure of the 2018 world champion had already been circulating last summer. The Frenchman confirmed a short time later that he had “questioned a lot” and had “received calls from different clubs”. According to reports, top European clubs such as Paris Saint-Germain, Atlético Madrid, Juventus Turin, Manchester United and Chelsea FC have been vying for the defender’s services in recent months.
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