Los Leones stand firm on their stance to keep the star player unless an offer of €40 million comes, and as a result earned FC Hollywood president’s admiration.
Bayern Munich chief Uli Hoeness has commended La Liga side Athletic Bilbao for their constancy in the transfer negotiations over the prospective deal to sign Javi http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martinez-c24468.
The Basque outfit made it clear very early on that they will only sell their star player for a fee equalling the transfer clause, and have since maintained their stance over the €40 million worth of the versatile defensive midfielder.
Athletic’s substantial price tag forced http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-Song-c4804. Bayern were also initially offset and adamant on not meeting the heavy price for the talented midfielder, but gave in and are now
ready to officially make a move for the Spanish international.
The Bayern coach praised the Lions in their negotiating power as they were crystal clear during the talks that they would only allow the holding midfielder to leave if his buy-out was met.
"Hats off to Athletic. They told us from the start that we would have to pay €40 million or the deal was off," Heynckes was quoted as saying in an interview.
La Liga outfit did not change their position and were true to their word during the transfer talks.
"They did not change their position during the negotiations and stood firm," he finally stated.
Die Roten club are still to consent personal terms with the talented player, and look likely to thrash out the transfer by next week, before the start of the Bundesliga. Die Bayern start their campaign with an away trip to Greuther
Furth on August 25 and will be looking to complete the switch by then to have him available for the season starter.
The Bavarian giants have bolstered their squad with high profile players such as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Claudio-Pizarro-c9324 to challenge for top honours this campaign. Der FCB do not
want a repeat of last year when they lost three tournaments in the latter stages.
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