The highly-rated left-back was heavily linked with Europe’s top clubs over the summer, but he ended up staying at Augsburg and signing a new contract <\/p>\n
Philipp Max saw his performances for Augsburg last season sparked talk of interest from Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain, but he claims to have received no offers.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old left-back shot onto the transfer radar of leading clubs across Europe on the back of his efforts in the Bundesliga during the 2017-18 campaign.<\/p>\n
Having become one of the most creative influences on the continent\u00a0with 12 assists provided in the German top-flight, the highly-rated defender quickly became a wanted man.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n Max was aware of the speculation swirling around him throughout a busy window, but insists he had no future call to make and was happy to commit to a new deal at Augsburg through to 2022.<\/p>\n He told Latten Kreuz<\/em>: \u201cIt was an intense period where much was written, spoken and discussed.\u00a0I’m just glad that the transfer window is closed now and I can focus on my season in Augsburg.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI have signed a long-term contract until 2022, but of course I want to continue to develop, play internationally and take the next step.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIn spite of everything, I feel very comfortable in Augsburg.\u00a0My girlfriend comes from here, the club is like a family and offers young players the opportunity to develop in peace.\u00a0When we look good as a team, it’s easier for individuals to look good as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Max added on the talk of interest from PSG and Manchester United: \u201cSome things are printed in the newspaper, some things are passed on through my agent.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt was not that I had to deal with an offer.\u00a0It was important for me to focus on the pre-season.\u00a0I think that went well.\u201d<\/p>\n Max insists that staying at Augsburg was not in doubt because\u00a0he did not have to weigh up the merits of making a high-profile move elsewhere.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cIt always depends on whether there are specific requests.\u00a0That was not the case this summer.\u00a0That’s why it was always clear to me that I wanted to concentrate fully on Augsburg.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI’m just glad that the topic can now take a rest.\u201d<\/p>\n Max is already up and running for the 2018-19 campaign in terms of assists, with another added to his impressive tally during a 1-1 draw with Borussia Monchengladbach prior to the international break.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The highly-rated left-back was heavily linked with Europe’s top clubs over the summer, but he ended up staying at Augsburg and signing a new contract Philipp Max saw his performances for Augsburg last season sparked talk of interest from Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain, but he claims to have received no offers. The 24-year-old left-back…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n