DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
You can play hardball and it might work given he's Germany's number 1 (fucking hell), but there's a good chance we will be stuck with him. He won't get 42m anywhere else (remaing contract).
Compromises are part of the real world.
He doesn't strike me as the type of guy who will sit on his ass until 2028 to collect it all.
I think if he stays and sits on the bench until January he will agree to leave and only be paid what he's due this season + whatever is deferred, but nothing more.