“Then he won’t play there”

Alexander Nübel was awarded to AS Monaco by FC Bayern. Whether the ex-Schalke will ever get a chance to play for the German record champions is not in his own hands, as his advisor Stefan Backs explained.

Player agent Stefan Backs maintains very close contact with Alexander Nübel. “Alex is someone I talk to on the phone almost every day, at least every other day,” he said in an interview with the “Hellweger indicator“off.” This is a very smart, very reflective player. He wants to know what you’re doing with him and what’s going on around him. “Every now and then the goalkeeper also needs” someone to talk to. “

Nübel was the captain of FC Schalke 04 when he decided to switch to the German industry leader. At FC Bayern, the native of Paderborn couldn’t get past Manuel Neuer, so he negotiated a two-year-old for AS Monaco with Stefan Backs.

Whether the former U21 national goalkeeper still has a future at Bayern is not entirely up to him, says Backs: “That depends on Manuel Neuer, on his performance. How long does he keep doing it? And of course it depends on the club How he plans. Does he plan to make the switch sometime? ” In the near future, according to the player’s agent, things will have to continue “after Manuel Neuer” in Munich and in the national team.

“You also have to want German goalkeepers to develop behind Manuel Neuer. That is a fundamental question from Bavaria, which they have answered by hiring Alex,” said Backs, who also admitted: “If Neuer is permanently better than Alex, then he won’t play there. “

Alexander Nübel is a regular goalkeeper under Monaco coach Niko Kovac. The team is currently in sixth place in Ligue 1.

Haaland from BVB to Real Madrid? “Not that hard”

As a consultant to football professionals, coaches and youth players, Stefan Backs has long known the business very well. The impending farewell to Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland, who is on the list of all European top clubs, has been in the headlines for months.

“When I have a player like Erling Haaland, it’s not that difficult to advise him and also not that difficult to negotiate the biggest contract for him,” said Stefan Backs, when asked about the work of fellow advisors like Mino Raiola. “It’s always talked about so highly by the media. It’s harder to get a talented senior into the Regionalliga than Haaland to Real Madrid.”

Because: “Erling Haaland is recorded by every statistic, by every camera in the world. That means: everyone can see what they can.” With a junior player, a lot more persuasion has to be done beforehand.