Jamal Musiala is set to have a €175m release clause inserted into his Bayern Munich contract as negotiations over an extension continue.
Bayern would like to reach an agreement soon, but it is likely that the 21 y o will sign a five year contract that will see him earn as much as Harry Kane, which is around €24-25m per year. He currently earns nine million a year.
The issue when it came to negotiations was the inclusion of a release clause. Musiala wanted one in his new contract, while Bayern were hesitant, however, an agreement on the issue has been said to have been reached.
The release clause in Musiala’s contract will be initially worth €175m and will be active when his extension only has two years remaining. The clause will then drop when the 21-year-old only has one year left on his contract to €100m. Bayern are happy to live with this clause due to the size of it.
Musiala is comfortable in Munich and wants to win the Champions League with the club so negotiations will likely be finalised soon. The Stuttgart-born dynamo’s extension would also have a knock-on effect with Joshua Kimmich and Leroy Sané more likely to stay.
Honestly, if any team is mad enough to pay 175 million euro for him, Bayern should be happy to sell him without a doubt. I am not saying he is a bad player or anything, he definitely worths at least 100, but 175? That would be one of the biggest transfers, so I think his release clause could have been a billion dollars, it wouldn't change a thing because no team is paying him 175 nor paying him a billion, it's the same. He will stay there for five years, and I believe he will stay even longer, after his contract ends, and I mean this new one, he will probably resign again.
Bayern isn't a club that lets go of their good players that easily, you don't see Bayern players leave for "better" teams that easily, so they will retain him if he still ends up playing good. This isn't really a shocking deal to me because it's obvious that Musiala is one of their best players and he is still very young, so he will be asked to stay for a long time of course.