David Alaba's Future: Father Confirms Offers and Ambitions

David Alaba is between clubs, but not, it seems, between careers.

His father and adviser, George Alaba, has made that point loudly and clearly. Speaking to Kronen Zeitung, he painted the picture of a player who may be out of contract, but very much in demand.

“There have been numerous enquiries. In the USA, in Europe, everywhere,” Alaba Sr. said, brushing aside any talk that his son might quietly fade out of top-level football. “It will continue, I know that. He will carry on.”

Real Madrid chose not to extend the 34-year-old’s deal beyond the summer after a stretch of serious injuries. For the Spanish giants, it was a hard-nosed decision: a serial winner, but one whose body had begun to protest the demands of elite football.

For Alaba, it has opened the market.

Free, experienced, decorated – and available. Since leaving Madrid, the Austrian defender has been a rare kind of opportunity: a Champions League-winning leader on a free transfer. Unsurprisingly, the phone has been ringing.

Union Berlin have been credited with a loose interest from the Bundesliga. Reports have also tied him to Mexican giants Club America. And then there is the romantic option: a return to Austria Vienna, the club where his journey truly started.

A decision, his father suggests, is not far away.

“He will announce soon what happens next. He is doing excellently,” George Alaba said, sounding more like a man managing expectation than one scrambling for options.

On Austria Vienna’s hopes, he was candid. “David has had calls. They want to, he wants to as well, but at the moment it is a little too early for him. He still has a lot he wants to do in football.”

That last line matters. It hints at ambition beyond a gentle homecoming, at a player who still sees himself on a big stage rather than easing into retirement.

A Career Built at the Very Top

Alaba’s CV backs up that belief.

Between 2008 and 2021, he belonged to Bayern Munich, aside from a one-year loan at TSG Hoffenheim. In Munich, he grew from a versatile youngster into one of the defining left-backs and later centre-backs of his era.

The numbers tell part of the story:

• 431 competitive appearances for Bayern in all competitions.
• 33 goals.
• 55 assists.
• Two Champions League titles, and a trophy haul that turned him into a cornerstone of one of Europe’s most dominant sides.

Then came the move to Real Madrid. Another superclub, another dressing room full of stars, another round of silverware. Injuries gradually trimmed his minutes, yet he still lifted the Champions League trophy twice with Los Blancos, adding to a collection few defenders can match.

His last competitive club appearance came in May, in Real’s 4–2 win over Athletic Club. Not a farewell ceremony, just another match, another victory. The kind of routine success that had become normal in his club career.

He then featured for Austria at the World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico, underlining his continued importance to the national team and his ability to operate on the biggest international stage.

Now he waits. Not for interest – that is already there – but for the right project, the right call, the next challenge that fits a player who has spent his life at the summit.

The clock is ticking on a decision. The career, his father insists, is not.