Bayern boss Jan-Christian Dreesen commented on the messed up deadline day before the Munich game at Borussia Mönchengladbach – and also sent a small sign in the direction of Thomas Tuchel.
“He just has to be more creative now, that’s his job,” emphasized the chairman of the record champions sky.
Beforehand, Tuchel had clearly reacted to the record champions’ transfer defeats, Dreesen assesses the situation differently: “I can’t see any resentment from Tuchel at all. Of course we had different opinions, at the end of the day what matters is that we go out there with one opinion. The coach wanted this six, it didn’t work, now we have to keep looking ahead.”
The collapsed Palhinha deal still resonates with the record champions. “We would have liked to fulfill the coach’s wish for a defensive six – with Joao Palhinha: A fantastic guy, a good player, good character, but unfortunately it didn’t work out.” without him we have an excellent line-up, I see no reason at all not to start the season with confidence.”
Dreesen emphasized that the failed transfer didn’t simply pass the player by. “Joao would have liked to stay. After the failed transfer, after 6 p.m., I spoke to him for a long time. He was totally sad,” he said and left room for speculation with his subsequent statement: “Let’s see: you usually see each other twice in life.”
It is possible that the record champions will add more in the winter, but Tuchel currently has to build on his thin squad. “We believe that we are still well cast. We still have variability, for example Konrad Laimer, who helped out on the right flank last game. In such a situation (personnel problems, editor’s note) we have already produced great talents, Alphonso Davies at the time of David Alaba is a good example,” stressed Dreesen.