The Bavarian giants have bettered their offer to €21 million for the highly-rated goalkeeper with a summer move looking increasingly likely
By Luke Matthews
May 10, 2011 9:10:00 PM
FC Schalke 04: Manuel Neuer
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The reported deal would include €18m upfront with a further €3m to be paid in the future. If the Gelsenkirchen outfit and Neuer agreed to the deal, the club could earn a further €7m from performance-related bonuses.
The latest offer comes after Bild reported on April 27 that Bayern had an offer totalling €18m rejected by Schalke.
It is not yet known whether the latest offer will be accepted by the Champions League semi-finalist's board but the club's sporting director Horst Heldt found Bayern's previous offer unacceptable.
"The offer from Bayern was not worth mentioning, not acceptable. It is seriously worth considering keeping the world's best goalkeeper for another year," the sporting director told German media last month.
However after Tuesday's negotiations, Heldt seemed to indicate that a deal may be close, telling Bild: "Yes, we [Schalke and Bayern] had a decent conversation."
Neuer is likely to play his final Bundesliga game in the blue of Schalke at the weekend when his side travel to Koln.
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