Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is "relaxed" despite uncertainty over whether manager Pep Guardiola will sign a new contract with the German champions, report ESPN.
Guardiola has been in charge at Bayern since ending his sabbatical from management in 2013, and he is currently just over half way through a three-year contract he initially agreed to take charge in Munich. Doubt remains over whether he will sign a new contract to stay on, but Rummenigge is happy to wait to talk to the former Barcelona coach at the end of this season.
He said: "I had a discussion with him a couple of weeks ago about this matter. The outcome of the final results of these discussions have been that I don't want to ask him within this running season. Afterwards we will have a discussion and we will see.
"I'm relatively relaxed because I believe we can offer him a very good club, a good team. I believe he likes the city, he likes the culture of the club, the style of society life here in Munich. So, I have the general impression he feels well here in Munich, so we will see.
"But I don't know in the end what his final decision is. We're happy with him, and I hope that in the end he's happy with us and will renew the contract."
Rummenigge also addressed the state of the club's playing squad, and hinted that while he is happy with the first team, a number of players over the age of 30 would perhaps need to be monitored in the interests of moulding a new-look Bayern for the future.
He continued: "So we have some players that are beginning with the autumn of their careers, players that are more than 30 years old. But I don't have the impression that all of them are in a critical phase.
"I think players like [30-year-old Bastian] Schweinsteiger, Ribery, especially Robben are still up in good conditions and doing well. When I'm watching Arjen Robben I'm still falling in love with his performance, which has been at a very high level for two years especially.
"Of course we have to care about, to find the right balance at the end. But I'm convinced there is a good chance that we will find the right balance in the end to find a good way to substitute them.
"That is, of course, a very important matter we have to do together with the coach, which is not easy. But I believe we are able to do so."
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