Kyle Walker offered generous Man City deal to stay and snub Bayern Munich transfer interest
MANCHESTER CITY have offered Kyle Walker a two-year deal to try to keep him out of the clutches of Bayern Munich.
The England right-back has just a year left on his current £160,000 per week deal and until recently there had been no talk of a renewal.
With German giants Bayern Munich ready to offer him an initial two-year contract with the option of a further 12 months, he was ready to end his six-year stay at the Etihad.
But Walker, currently on holiday in Las Vegas, is understood to have been pleasantly surprised by what City have put on the table.
The defender believes it is generous considering he has just turned 33 – and feels it means he will still have a big role to play at City if he does stay on.
Bayern remains an option because he has a long held ambition to play overseas and knows time is running out.
It would mean he can continue to play in the Champions League and he has a lot of respect for boss Thomas Tuchel.
But he has been heartened by City’s bid to keep him in light of a difficult season on a personal level.
He was dismayed to be left out of the starting line-up for the historic Champions League final win in Istanbul last month – as City completed The Treble.
That came just weeks after boss Pep Guardiola had said the former Tottenham defender was not equipped to play the ‘inverted full-back’ role that John Stones has mastered.
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However, Pep has already lost skipper Ilkay Gundogan to Barcelona and does want to wave goodbye to another of his stalwarts.
And there is a chance Aymeric Laporte will be allowed to leave in the current window – with Juventus making a strong move for him.
Most of City’s squad are due back at the Etihad Campus on Monday and they fly to the Far East for their 11 day tour of Asia on Wednesday.
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