David Alaba’s Career Continues: Father Confirms Interest from Worldwide Clubs

David Alaba is between clubs, not at a dead end. That is the clear message from his father and adviser, George Alaba, who says the former Bayern Munich and Real Madrid star is attracting interest from all over the world.

“There have been numerous enquiries. In the USA, in Europe, everywhere,” George told Kronen Zeitung, brushing aside any suggestion that his son’s career is winding down. “It will continue, I know that. He will carry on.”

Real Madrid opted not to extend Alaba’s contract beyond the summer after a spell disrupted by repeated injuries. The decision ended a chapter at the Bernabéu where the Austrian, though increasingly hampered physically, still added two more Champions League titles to his collection.

Now 34, Alaba is a free agent and can join any club without a transfer fee. That status has not gone unnoticed. Union Berlin have been loosely linked, while reports have also connected him with Mexican giants Club America and a romantic return to his first professional home, Austria Vienna.

A resolution does not seem far away. “He will announce soon what happens next. He is doing excellently,” George Alaba said, hinting that the defender is in good shape and in no rush to accept the first offer on the table.

Austria Vienna, the club where Alaba took his first steps before exploding onto the European stage, have already made contact. “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,” his father explained. The door to Vienna is clearly open, just not yet.

Career Overview

Alaba’s career to this point reads like a modern European success story. From 2008 to 2021, he belonged to Bayern Munich, aside from a one-year loan at TSG Hoffenheim. In Munich he became a pillar of a dominant era: 431 competitive appearances, 33 goals, 55 assists, two Champions League titles and a haul of domestic trophies that defined a generation.

His move to Real Madrid in 2021 brought a fresh challenge and, again, the biggest prize in club football. Despite those “long-running injury problems” that gradually reduced his role, he still lifted the Champions League twice with Los Blancos, adding Spanish glory to his Bavarian legacy.

His last competitive club outing came in May, in Real’s 4–2 win over Athletic Club. On the international stage he remains a central figure for Austria and featured at the World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico, underlining that he is still part of football’s top tier when fit.

So the question is not whether David Alaba will play on. His father has already answered that. The real intrigue lies elsewhere: which badge will he wear when he steps back onto a club pitch, and how much more can one of his generation’s most decorated defenders still squeeze out of a remarkable career?