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David Alaba will be in demand after Bayern Munich contract talks failed

To the outside world, everything at Bayern Munich always appears so serene.

They are a slick operation, devoted entirely to the relentless and apparently never boring business of winning. Top of the Bundesliga, into the Champions League last-16 with two games to spare, winning another Treble, that kind of thing.

Which makes the rift that has opened between the club and one of their best players of the past decade, David Alaba, all the more surprising.

David Alaba punches the air in delight after scoring against Borussia Dortmund last month - but the Austrian defender is likely to be leaving Bayern Munich next year
Alaba is a proven winner with nine league titles and two Champions League successes under his belt during his time with Bayern. They won a Treble of trophies last season

The Austrian defender, widely considered one of the best in the world, isn't a player Bayern would ideally want to lose when his contract runs out next summer.