Overview
- Bayern and Neuer, whose agent met club leaders at Säbener Straße on Thursday, have opened formal negotiations on a one-year extension to 2027.
- The proposed contract would lower his roughly €20 million salary as CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen and sporting director Max Eberl work to reduce the wage bill.
- Draft terms keep him as first-choice next season while assigning more games to Jonas Urbig in a clear mentoring plan.
- Club power brokers Uli Hoeneß, Max Eberl, and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge have publicly backed keeping the captain for another year.
- The talks also guide transfer planning, with reports saying Bayern are not pursuing Bart Verbruggen if Neuer stays and could add a lower-cost backup behind Urbig.