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View all search resultsThiago Alcantara extends contract at Bayern Munich to 2021
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Real Madrid's Luka Modric, right, escapes Bayern's Thiago Alcantara during the Champions League quarterfinal second leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday April 18, 2017. (AP/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara has extended his contract with the club by two years to 2021.
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says "Thiago is one of the best and most coveted midfielders in Europe. We're very pleased as a club to be able to secure the services of such an amazing player for the long term."
The 26-year-old Spanish midfielder, who joined from Barcelona in 2013, says he and his family "feel at home in Munich."
On Thursday, Bayern exercised its option to sign Kingsley Coman on a permanent basis from Juventus. The France forward, who arrived on loan in August 2013, extended his stay in Munich to 2020. Kicker magazine reported Bayern was paying a transfer fee of about 21 million euros (US$22.8 million) for the 20-year-old Coman.
