[DavidBlunkett]

Michael Ballack has rejected suggestions that money is behind his refusal to sign a new contract with Bayern Munich.

The 29yo midfielder will be a free agent at the end of the season and can expect a large signing-on fee if he decides to leave Bayern.

"It`s absolutly shameless to say that.The acusation is baseless." Ballack told Germany`s Kicker magazine.

"I am just trying to leave all my options open"

 

[butr]

Michael Ballack has rejected suggestions that money is behind his refusal to sign a new contract with Bayern Munich.

The 29yo midfielder will be a free agent at the end of the season and can expect a large signing-on fee if he decides to leave Bayern.

"It`s absolutly shameless to say that.The acusation is baseless." Ballack told Germany`s Kicker magazine.

"I am just trying to leave all my options open"

I agree with him. If that's his choice,he has the right. Maybe he wants to play abroad. I don't blame him at all.

 

[agoo101284]

He's been rumored to be moving on for a while now, hasn't he? I remember him being linked to Barcelona this summer and the Manchester United rumors are not going away any time soon.

 

[futuristxen]

I love Ballack, but of course it is about the money. He's said it in other interviews. It's his last big contract, and he wants to 1) get paid like a mofo and 2) make sure he goes somewhere he wants to be, and where he is wanted. It's time for Ballack to leave Bayern....but only if it's for Old Trafford

Bayern will be fine without him. He's sort of Bayern's David Beckham.