Wednesday, 2nd April, 2014
Bayern Munich are confident of keeping hold of Mario Mandzukic, despite the scheduled arrival of Robert Lewandowski from Borussia Dortmund at the start of next season.
Mandzukic’s future has been a source of constant speculation since news broke that Lewandowski will join the German champions in the summer.
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It was recently claimed that his agent Ivan Cvjetkovic was in London to meet the representatives of Arsenal and Chelsea. Both the London clubs are on the lookout for a top striker next season and the Croatian interests them both.
But Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has sought to squash all rumours about the striker’s future by stating that the Bavarians are not interested in selling him and Mandzukic is happy with the situation in the German capital.
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"He seems very happy. There is no sign from him that can make me doubt his presence at Bayern beyond this summer”, the 58-year-old told Sport Bild.
The former German striker maintains that the Croatian has a contract with Bayern Munich until 2016 and there is no way the Bavarians are selling him.
"Just by seeing his contract, which runs until 2016, I can sleep peacefully."
Mandzukic has appeared 42 times for the German champions this season and is their highest goalscorer with 24 strikes into the back of the net.
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