Alaba Dismayed By Bayern Munich Contract Withdrawal

Alaba is in the final year of his contract with the Bavarians and negotiations regarding an extension have dragged on for months, leading to a public spat between the player’s father and Bayern Munich board member Uli Hoeness.

On Sunday, Bayern Munich president Herbert Hainer confirmed that delays in reaching an agreement with the Austrian international has seen the club withdraw its final offer to Alaba.

But Alaba maintains he was not given enough time to think things through and only found out about the news from the media.

"I didn't know how Bayern would react. After the last talks I told Bayern I don't have time," the 28-year-old said ahead of Tuesday's Champions League clash with Salzburg.

"Seven days are not enough for me to decide, I told Bayern that immediately. We'd been travelling a lot, we've had away games, I told Bayern immediately that I wouldn't react."

He added: "I've mentioned many times before that I would prefer to keep internal discussions internal. The way I've been portrayed over the last couple of months, the way Bayern want to portray me, I can understand fans are frustrated with me.

"If people depict me as the way Bayern Munich have, which isn't true, I understand why people are frustrated. I can guarantee to every fan these numbers going through the media are false.

"In the last couple of months I was disappointed and a little hurt these numbers were never corrected by the club, these numbers were always passed on to the press, so of course I was frustrated that Bayern never said anything about the numbers in the media but there you go, what can you do."

Alaba came through the Bayern Munich youth system, and has won nine Bundesliga titles in his time at the club.