Former FCB President Uli Hoeneß commented on the playoffs in the Bundesliga, Karim Adeyemi and many other topics relating to Bayern Munich.
Uli Hoeneß, Honorary President of FC Bayern Munich, was a guest on the Austrian TV station on Monday evening ServusTV in the program “Sport and Talk from Hangar-7”. Hoeneß spoke, among other things, about the FCB bankruptcy against Bochumthe Idea of playoffs in the Bundesliga and Max Eberl.
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… David Alaba: “With David Alaba, we were able to have one of the best Austrian players ever at FC Bayern. I’m a big fan of his and very close friends with him. David is the only player , who has been calling the Hoeneß family on Christmas Eve for ten years and wishes us a Merry Christmas. Of course it was difficult when he left because we really wanted him to stay. But that’s the way it is at home Football and I don’t have any problems with him personally.”
… the defeat against Bochum: “Losses always bother me, but as long as we’re six points ahead in the championship it’s fine. Our players always seem to be a bit careless against weaker opponents, but that won’t happen against Salzburg .”
… Nagelsmann’s changed plan against Bochum: “If you play with five attacking players, there’s a risk of getting into trouble at the back. But the defense starts at the front. In the good games, where we played like that, they attacked high up front and didn’t let the opponent get into the game that much and then there wasn’t much going on at the back either. But if you cover carelessly up front, you get in trouble at the back.”
… the attitude of the team: “I think the problem at the moment is that when our players read the newspaper, they always hear that they are totally superior and nobody can hold a candle to them. The mood in the team is very good well, I heard, maybe too well and there is not enough friction and that means that you play maybe only 50 percent or 70 percent against supposedly weaker opponents and that is no longer enough today.Up until now it was always like that, if When it came down to it, they pulled themselves together incredibly and played very well. The season was actually very good, so I hope they take Salzburg seriously and then I think we’ll play well too.”
… his dealings with advisors: “I’ve always dealt fairly with the players, but not always with the advisors.”
… Marcel Sabitzer: “He knows the coach well and the coach really wanted him. You have to be patient and that’s something that a lot of people in Munich don’t have.”
… Manuel Neuer: “Manuel is the best goalkeeper in the world. Even if he doesn’t have that much to hold onto, he is very, very important as a captain and as a personality. And the defenders know, of course, that we have a footballer back there, you can return any ball in the greatest need and that’s an advantage that almost no goalkeeper in the world has and that’s why we obviously miss it.It has nothing to do with the fact that Ulreich is a very good goalkeeper, but Manuel is just that Manuel.”
… Karim Adeyemi: “Basically, he’s a very good player. The only problem is, if you sign a player like that, you have to show him perspectives and Dortmund have it easier. Otherwise he would definitely be a player with whom you can would have to work harder.”
… Play-offs in the Bundesliga and Kahn’s willingness to discuss: “It’s his opinion, it’s not mine because I find it ridiculous. In the Bundesliga, after 34 matchdays, the champion who has gone through thick and thin with his Team. And this idea would only be a law against Bayern Munich. That has nothing to do with tension. They are trying at the moment and the new managing director of the DFL is now thinking day and night about how we can break the dominance of FC Bayern and now they come up with this idea. There are no play-offs in any major league in the world. There is a knockout system in the DFB-Pokal, it’s in the Champions League and the championship has to be won by whoever gets over was the best team all year. At the end of the season, when everyone’s broken, then there’s still the semi-finals or the final, I think that’s a joke idea.”
… a World Cup every two years: “Nonsense. The World Cup is the highest for all players in the world and if I play it every two years, then I water it down. There are also the Olympics and the European Championships, when do you want them playing? Infantino must be realizing that there are only 365 days in a year.”
… Max Eberl: “I’m very close friends with Max Eberl and it’s a special situation. A lot of things came together. The job is nerve-wracking and takes a lot of strength. But to say now, because it came together that way It’s inhuman that you can’t stand it, I don’t see it that way. It’s a situation now that was dramatic. Gladbach has always made a living from taking players and then selling them for a fee. Now they’ve found that three important contracts expire and they get nothing. Suddenly there was pressure that didn’t exist before. Then they suddenly found themselves at the bottom, although they’ve always played for the Champions League. All of that came together in the Max case and I’m convinced he’s on vacation now and he’ll come back eventually and do a good job.”