Giulia Gwinn is making her future at FC Bayern contingent on the team’s on-field performance. Despite her strong attachment to the club, the DFB captain wants to see further progress.
For Giulia Gwinn, her decision about the future involves more than just feeling comfortable at FC Bayern. The national team player wants to continue developing herself and take her team to the next level. Her contract with the German double winners expires next summer.
“I still feel like I haven’t reached the end of my own development. I also feel like I don’t want to be at the end of my journey with the team I’m on,” Gwinn told MagentaSport.
What matters most to her is the feeling that “there are still ambitions there, and we can take further steps.” With this, the right back is placing the team’s athletic potential at the center of her considerations. Her close connection to the club alone does not yet answer the question of whether she will extend her contract.
Gwinn is making her decision independently of other Bayern stars
However, the 27-year-old leaves no doubt about her overall satisfaction in Munich. “I wouldn’t have been here for seven or eight years if I didn’t feel at home,” Gwinn emphasizes. She also continues to regard the Bundesliga as “one of the most attractive leagues of all.”
Since joining from SC Freiburg in 2019, the DFB captain has won five league titles and two DFB Cups with Bayern. The long time spent together and the successes form an important backdrop to her decision. At the same time, Gwinn wants to plan the next years of her career carefully.
“I probably won’t sign ten more contracts in my soccer career,” she explains. That makes the next step all the more significant.
At FC Bayern, future planning currently involves several key players. In addition to Gwinn, the contracts of Klara Bühl and Franziska Kett are also set to expire this summer. Bühl has recently been linked once again with FC Barcelona.
However, Gwinn does not want to base her own decision on how her teammates decide to proceed: “I’m not the type of person who says, ‘I’ll wait to see if she signs, and then I’ll sign.’ That would be the wrong approach.”
On the field, the defender has just sent another positive signal. In Bayern’s 2-1 victory over Paris Saint-Germain, she returned to the starting lineup after her injury layoff and played a role in setting up the opening goal.