RB Leipzig: Nkunku extension linked to Champions League qualification

No release for Laimer

Christopher Nkunku’s contract extension with Bundesliga club RB Leipzig is linked to a sporting condition. According to information from the “Deutsche Presse-Agentur”, the French national player will only extend his contract, which runs until June 30, 2024, by one year prematurely if the club qualifies for the Champions League in the current season. The “Sport Bild” reported about it first.

Leipzig is currently fourth in the table and can qualify for the “premier class” with a win on Saturday against Arminia Bielefeld who have been relegated (to the current Bundesliga table). As expected, Nkunku’s new contract will include a release clause that can take effect from 2023. Accordingly, the offensive star could leave Saxony for around 65 million euros. The “L’Equipe‘ recently reported that Nkunku believes he can only develop further if he leaves RB Leipzig in the summer. He made no secret of the fact that he was most likely going somewhere else, especially to his teammates. The 24-year-old wants to play at the absolute top level.

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In order to convince him, RB Leipzig wanted to make Nkunku the symbol of an ambitious project, to get rid of the stamp as a “springboard club” and to underline the ambitions for the championship title, the newspaper continued. The club will invest heavily in the squad in the summer and build a team around key player Nkunku. The envisaged contract extension should bring the Frenchman a large salary increase.

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According to “Sport Bild” information, the club also does not want to let Konrad Laimer go in the summer, even if he does not extend his contract, which expires in the summer of 2023. The clubs Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich, which are said to be interested, would therefore have to draw the exit clause of EUR 40 million.

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