Van Bommel expects to stay on
Bayern Munich captain Mark van Bommel said Sunday he expects to remain as skipper of the German champions and played down rumours of a transfer to Bundesliga rivals Wolfsburg in January's winter break.
But Van Bommel said he does not expect Sunday's Bundesliga match at Stuttgart to be his final German league game for Bayern.
"Anything is possible in football, but it would certainly be something extraordinary if the captain left during the winter break," van Bommel told German daily Die Welt.
"I do not have to leave Bayern, I am very happy as captain of the club.”
"If the club says that I must remain here for six months, then I have to stay," he said. "If the club says, we talk about a new contract in the spring, then I can't do anything about it.
"I can't leave without the club's consent.”
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