Based on Christian Falk on his podcast (by way of Build), Bayern Munich have the choice to fantastic Manuel Neuer as much as €1.6m of his annual wage because of the fallout from Toni Tabalovic’s sacking and subsequent interview. Based on the report, it comes all the way down to how the penalty clauses in his contract work.

Apparently, the wording within the contract states that gamers could also be fined as much as one month’s gross wage for contract violations. For Neuer, who earns greater than 20 million a yr, that determine might be as excessive as 1.6 million euros.

In 2010, one other Bayern Munich captain was in an identical scenario after an equally sensational interview. Philipp Lahm has been fined €50,000 by the membership for criticizing the Chiefs’ switch coverage. It was, and nonetheless is, the biggest fantastic ever handed out by the membership.

On the time, the participant’s contracts solely allowed for a most fantastic of €25,000, however Bayern took benefit of a clause within the contract to impose two fines concurrently bringing Lahm’s complete to €50,000. Neuer’s fantastic might be set to exceed this determine, if Kahn, Brazzo, Co. It was determined to impose the utmost attainable penalty. If in addition they decide {that a} membership captain’s ski run was “negligent” and “intentional,” the fantastic will be doubled.

That is an costly interview.