Thomas Müller wanted nothing to do with the whole matter. “I don't give a shit,” said the Bayern star in Oliver Kahn style. The Munich team has just beaten Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 and was very happy with the successful dress rehearsal for the Champions League summit match against Real Madrid. But in Munich a crisis occurs again. Enormous.
Müller blamed the media for the new disturbances, because the background noise arose “because they ask us all the time,” the Bavarian complained to Sky journalist Patrick Wasserziehr. “If Uli Hoeneß made a statement now and no one asked questions, then there would be no disturbing noise.”
Hoeneß and Bavarian natural law
But this is exactly where Müller's thinking error lies: when Uli Hoeneß says something, it causes a sensation. This is the Bavarian natural law. If the Bayern skipper also unpacks his infamous “Attack Department”, the sports and tabloid newspapers will be automatically filled for the next few days.
The attacks are usually directed outside of Munich. Dortmund, Leverkusen and Leipzig are popular destinations. Football officials in Frankfurt, Nyon or Zurich are also welcome. I would also like to see politics in Berlin.
But there are always those moments when Hoeneß, like a metaphorical elephant, knocks down and completely knocks over Munich's sensitive glass house on Säbener Strasse. The noise from the red fragments is especially loud.
Here we are again.
A few days before the most important game of the season, Uli Hoeneß launches explosive accusations against Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel. On Friday afternoon, in a round table in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, Munich's honorary president stated that Tuchel could not and would not train players.
Tuchel stunned by Hoeneß's statements
An unnecessarily devastating verdict for the current Bayern coach, who cannot sit still. The stunned Tuchel ran back to Wasserziehr's Sky microphone. “Absolutely unfounded”, “poorly understood” and “far from reality”, he stated. The 50-year-old feels that his honor as a coach has been violated. “This damages my deepest understanding as a coach,” Tuchel continued angrily.
In fact, he would not have responded to such criticism if “they had not come from Uli Hoeneß.” Bavarian natural law.
Experts such as Didi Hamann and Lothar Matthäus were also surprised and did not understand Hoeneß's statements. Matthew would be “pissed, something like that doesn’t work.” Hamann immediately demanded clarification from the Bayern boss. “I would be very surprised if Hoeneß did not try to clarify that or apologize,” said the former professional. “If that doesn't happen, I don't know what will happen next at the club.”
Yes, how are you doing? FC Bayern further? The riots that occurred shortly before the important semi-final first leg against Real Madrid are an unnecessary distraction for everyone involved in Munich. “This Headlines “No one needs it,” Matthew said. Müller's reaction is the best example.
Hoeneß's coup as a deterrent for Tuchel's successor
But the dispute is also a problem in a broader context. Bayern is still looking for a successor for Tuchel. Filling one of the club's most important positions is increasingly complex. The first desired coaches, Xabi Alonso and Julian Nagelsmann, have been cancelled, now Ralf Rangnick should be the chosen solution (C).
But you will take a closer look at Säbener's theater. Even before the earthquake, the Austrian coach kept Bayern at bay. According to the newspaper Salzburger Nachrichten, which refers to the 65-year-old's entourage, the coach has serious doubts about whether he should accept the offer. Dealing with Tuchel is another deterrent.
For this reason, Hoeneß's heirs and the current Bayern bosses quickly sought mediation and calm. Sports director Max Eberl said of the dispute: “These are two men who have achieved great things in their lives. Of course, Uli has been around much longer because he is much older. He built this club and made it great. Then Thomas, who has a great career as a coach, who has won titles and worked in very big clubs. There is no need to do anything: they are two men and they will act together.”
Has Hoeneß lost his instinct?
Eberl knows that there is already quite a bit of turmoil on the subject of coaches at FC Bayern at the moment. “It's intense. But I don't think it's FC Hollywood. “It is a club that is alive and that seems to interest the entire nation,” said the 50-year-old coach, who took over the difficult task from him in March.
He and sporting director Christoph Freund try to ignore the constant unrest “with everything happening around us” and calmly find a timely solution. A club patriarch who regularly engages in this issue makes the job more difficult. Hoeneß especially always had a very good feeling about the moment of his attack. This one couldn't be more inappropriate.
Yes, the media asks him. But Hoeneß responds. What follows is Bavarian natural law.