Nick Woltemade would earn €7-10m gross per year on a 5-year contract until 2030 at Bayern. Bayern’s latest offer was worth over €60m and a sell-on clause for Stuttgart. VfB, however, believe the sell-on clause is worthless because Bayern are not a selling club. Woltemade’s camp was ready to waive the entire commission, promised to them by Stuttgart when he joined on a free from Bremen (around 10% of the transfer fee). Bayern offered a fixed fee of €55m, which makes the commission worth €5.5m, taking the overall offer to more than €60m. Stuttgart demanded a package of €75m.
Stuttgart’s sporting leadership with Wehrle and Wohlgemuth has signaled to Woltemade’s camp that they were open to selling him. However, the VfB supervisory board disagreed and insisted on its strict stance. Hence the extremely high demand of €75m.
From Bayern’s perspective, the limit set by the supervisory board has so far been €55m. Jan-Christian Dreesen, in particular, is fighting to keep the deal alive. Max Eberl, on the other hand, has been tasked with looking for an alternative. Christopher Nkunku is the hottest candidate.