Ex-Schalke star Asamoah talks about almost switching to Bayern: “Hoeneß asked: ‘How stupid is he?'”
Uli Hoeneß Bavaria 2009
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Asamoah almost ended up with Munich – but thanks to a truly memorable action, the transfer broke. The ex-Schalke remembers.
Ex-Schalke star Gerald Asamoah was almost about to move to Bayern Munich in 2005, but a fan chant in front of the TV cameras intervened.
According to Asamoah, there should have been contact between his advisor and the then Bayern manager Uli Hoeneß in 2005 to discuss a change from the then national player to the German record champions. “It was like Bayern was talking to Hoeneß with my agent,” Asamoah told im image-Podcast phrase mower.
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Immediately afterwards, the now 43-year-old and his Schalke team met the Munich team in the DFB Cup final, which the Royal Blues lost 2-1.
After the game, Asamoah chanted “Put the bowl in Bayern’s ass” in front of running TV cameras, which of course was less popular with Bayern.
Hoeneß with a call to the ex-Schalke star’s advisor
“Uli Hoeneß then contacted my advisor and asked: ‘How stupid is he?'” Said the striker. From then on, Bayern refrained from a transfer.
At the inauguration of the Allianz Arena, when Asamoah should have played with the German national team against Bayern, the then DFB coach Jürgen Klinsmann even deleted the striker from the squad to avoid an escalation of the conflict.