Lothar Matthaus admits it would be understandable if David Alaba wanted out of Bayern Munich in order to work alongside Lionel Messi at Barcelona, but the Austrian defender has been warned that he should not let monetary factors determine a big career call.
Discussions regarding fresh terms for the 28-year-old in Germany have hit deadlock.
He has entered the final year of his current contract and has offered no indication that he will committing to an extension – with former Bayern president Uli Hoeness hitting out at Alaba’s supposedly “greedy piranha” of an agent.