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He had as much fun as the kids around.

David Alaba went tobogganing Monday with his colleagues Serge Gnabry and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.

“The Jamaican bobsleigh team is back,” wrote Choupo-Moting under the Instagram photo - an allusion to the cult film “Cool Runnings” - and named Joshua Kimmich as the coach of the trio.

Before the Bundesliga game at FC Augsburg on Wednesday (8.30 p.m., Sky and in the WELT live ticker), there are many indications that it was one of the last toboggan trips by the stars of FC Bayern in this constellation.

Alaba is said to be in agreement with Real Madrid.

That reports "Marca".

The contract of the Austrian national player with the German record champions ends on June 30th, Alaba can transfer free of charge in the summer.

"Can still learn at 55"

Bayern board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge recently said that he did not want to give Hansi Flick any tips in the current situation.

However, the coach makes it clear that he is always open to advice.

Source: Stats Perform News

From Alaba's environment it is heard that the change is not yet fixed.

Liverpool FC and FC Barcelona should also be options.

"There are many interested parties," said father George, who advises his son with the notorious agent Pini Zahavi, in BILD.

In any case, Alaba will leave Bayern, since the beginning of January he has been able to officially negotiate with other clubs.

Real coach Zinédine Zidane should be for a transfer.

Flick anticipates Alaba's move

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It would be a change that many in Munich have been expecting since the end of last year.

Club president Herbert Hainer had publicly announced at the time that the club would withdraw its offer to Alaba for a new contract.

As a reason, Hainer cited that the player and his advisors had let a deadline pass.

Before that, both parties had spent months negotiating salary and contract duration.

David Alaba has been with Bayern since 2009.

The Austrian has played 408 competitive games for Munich so far

Source: dpa / Alexander Hassenstein

“At the moment I haven't heard from him,” said coach Hans-Dieter “Hansi” Flick on Tuesday lunchtime about Alaba's future.

“Hope dies last.

But of course I already know that things are currently going in a certain direction that will definitely mean a change for the team. "

Alaba has been playing for Bayern since 2008, was loaned to TSG Hoffenheim for six months and developed into a world-class player in Munich.

Since the withdrawn contract offer, he has not played as confidently as usual.

He used to work mostly as a left-back, most recently as head of defense at headquarters under Flick.

Jérôme Boateng's contract also ends in the summer, as with Alaba, there are many indications that the world champion will leave Munich.

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Bayern have long been looking for a new central defender, Dayot Upamecano from RB Leipzig is considered a candidate.

"It is clear when a player of the quality leaves the club that the club will of course have to and will bring another player," said Flick of Alaba's likely departure.

Diego Costa and David Alaba?

"We will see"

Douglas Costa and David Alaba both face an uncertain future at Bayern.

Coach Hansi Flick estimates the chances of the two players remaining.

Source: Stats Perform News

This season, the triple winner has had defensive problems more than in a long time. In the league he did not play “to zero” eleven times in a row.

One reason: Flick has to rotate in the packed Corona season.

But the additions, which sports director Hasan Salihamidzic partially committed late, have not yet helped as hoped.

In the game against SC Freiburg (2-1), the coach didn't even nominate defender Bouna Sarr and winger Douglas Costa for the squad.

Bavaria has lost the ease

Sarr has been mostly an offensive player in his career so far, in the center and on the wing.

His goal is the French national team, for which he was nominated in the summer, injured but could not start the trip.

He has only played seven games from the start for Bayern so far - and has only won half of his tackles.

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In Tanguy Nianzou, Bayern from Paris St. Germain have signed one of the most promising central defenders in Europe.

The 18-year-old Frenchman has so far been injured and has only played once, and on Tuesday he was able to train with the ball for the first time since his torn muscle.

It will be a while before he can play.

Marco Roca (r.) And Douglas Costa have had a weak season so far

Source: pa / augenklick / firo Sportphoto / Marcel Engelbrecht

Winger Douglas Costa has three scorer points in 617 minutes of play.

He was only allowed to play 90 minutes once.

Striker Choupo-Moting was mainly signed to give Robert Lewandowski breaks from time to time.

Midfielder Marc Roca did not convert on penalties in the DFB Cup against Holstein Kiel, the Munich team were eliminated.

Offensive star Leroy Sané has more goals in competitive games (twelve) than all other Bayern approaches combined (eight).

In terms of play, Bayern are far from where they want to be. "The ease that we once had is not there yet," said Flick. Against Augsburg, most additions are likely to be only replacements. "The team did it well against Freiburg, and they tried to change little," said Flick. It's also about constancy. Every player has to cope with the enormous competition.