Bayern Munich are playing hardball over new contract talks with Toni Kroos. With Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City all monitoring developments, Bayern won't be pushed around by Kroos.
The Daily Mail says Bayern bosses are digging their heels in over Kroos' bold bid to more than double his earnings from just over £60,000 a week to around £150,000 and have bluntly told him talks over a new deal will remain on hold until he lowers his sights.
The 24-year old Germany midfielder was even relegated to the bench for the first time in two months yesterday, in a further escalation of his Allianz Arena woes that has alerted all the Premier League big guns.
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