Bundesliga
Matthäus surprised at the announced Bayern upheaval
Lothar Matthäus is surprised at the announced upheaval at FC Bayern. photo
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Record national player Lothar Matthäus reacted with astonishment to the announcement that FC Bayern Munich wanted to initiate a change in the team after a season without a title.
Record national player Lothar Matthäus reacted with astonishment to the announcement that FC Bayern Munich wanted to initiate a change in the team after a season without a title.
This has only just taken place, the TV expert wrote in his weekly column for Sky and listed Sadio Mané, Mathys Tel, Ryan Gravenberch, Daley Blind, Noussair Mazraoui, João Cancelo and Yann Sommer as the most recent commitments. Suddenly they either didn’t fit into the system, were hardly allowed to play, should be loaned out or – like Mané – certainly had no future at Bayern. “You could have saved yourself a lot afterwards and put the Haaland offer on top of it,” said Matthäus, referring to the exceptional striker Erling Haaland, who switched from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City before the season.
While Matthäus wished the CEO Oliver Kahn that he could continue, he criticized sports director Hasan Salihamidzic. He made mistakes and apparently not only made good transfers. “We all praised him for the great names, but this team has no bite, no will, no real identification with this club. Otherwise they would play football differently if they put on this jersey,” complained the 62-year-old.