Mario Basler has sharply criticized the management of FC Bayern. Victor Osimhen can obviously imagine a move to the Bundesliga to Munich. Also: The German record champion apparently wants to keep Ryan Gravenberch beyond the summer. All news and rumors about FC Bayern can be found here.
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FC Bayern, News: Basler criticizes Bayern bosses
Mario Basler has criticized FC Bayern’s recent disappointing performance and launched a sweeping attack on the bosses of his former club. “I think that Oliver Kahn and Brazzo (Hasan Salihamidzic, editor’s note) are not predestined enough for their job at Bayern. They don’t have any charisma in this position for me. They make too many mistakes,” said the 54-year-old in his podcast “Basler ballert”.
Such behavior by the top management would not have existed under the former bosses Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Uli Hoeneß, Basler continued. “If we had played like that against Manchester City and then three days later against Hoffenheim, Uli Hoeneß would have gone into the dressing room and he would have ripped our heads off.”
Bayern is threatened with a devastating season, in the worst case even without a title. Basler doesn’t think his former club has a chance against Manchester City. “I don’t think they’ll progress at all. I think they’ll get their ass kicked again. (…) Nothing is working in this team at the moment. And I think there’ll be another nice clap on Wednesday , which would be a shame.”
Basler also criticized the dispute between Sadio Mané and Leroy Sané. “They did everything to ensure that there was complete unrest. With the change of coach there was complete unrest in the team. You can tell that it’s not true.”
FC Bayern, rumor: Osimhen can still imagine FCB changes
In the search for a new centre-forward at FC Bayern, the name Victor Osimhen has been popping up again and again in recent weeks. The Nigerian striker should be an option for the German record champions in the summer.
How sports1 would like to have learned from the environment of the 24-year-old, Osimhen can also imagine a move to Munich, even if he prefers the Premier League. A transfer to the Bundesliga would have both personal and sporting appeal for the striker.
“At the end of the season I will sit down with my agents and discuss everything. I will also have talks with the club. I am extremely grateful to Naples. We will find a good solution together,” Osimhen said little about his future.
The Nigerian is one of the top performers at SSC Napoli this season. He scored 25 goals in 30 competitive games for the southern Italians, and he prepared five more goals.
FC Bayern, rumor: FCB does not want to give up Gravenberch
Despite all the circumstances, the FC Bayer youngster Ryan Gravenberch does not want to give up in the summer. That reports sky-Reporter Florian Plettenberg.
Accordingly, both coach Thomas Tuchel and the management team would have spoken out in favor of the 20-year-old staying. The belief that Gravenberch can prevail at Bayern in the long term is still there. That’s why you wouldn’t even listen to offers.
The Dutchman is experiencing a difficult debut season in Munich. Although Gravenberch was used 27 times in all competitions, most of the time he was only allowed to play a few minutes as a joker.
Ryan Gravenberch: Performance data 22/23
Competition
games
Gates
assists
yellow cards
minutes played
Bundesliga
18
–
–
1
333
Champions League
6
–
–
–
250
DFB Cup
2
1
1
–
106
DFL Supercup
1
–
–
–
22
IN TOTAL
27
1
1
1
711
FC Bayern, News: Matthäus proposes FCB Füllkrug
Record international player Lothar Matthäus suggested that FC Bayern transfer Niclas Füllkrug. “The price-performance ratio could speak for a filling mug. It would probably be available for 20 to 25 million and also makes 25 pieces in Munich. It has already scored 20 times at Werder,” wrote Matthäus in his column for sky.
A much less optimal solution for the 62-year-old, however, was Harry Kane from Tottenham Hotspur, who was also traded again and again. “Kane would be too old for me and too expensive,” the ex-Bayern star made a harsh judgment about the 29-year-old striker, who, according to media reports, would cost around 100 million euros.
At the same time, Matthäus again expressed fundamental criticism of the general conditions at his former club. Before the quarter-final first leg against Manchester City on Wednesday, he complained about the German champions’ lack of guidelines in internal and external communication and a failed personnel policy. “At FC Bayern, not so much fits together at the moment. In the last few months, there has been a bit too much of a good thing that has been a negative distraction on Säbener Straße,” said Matthäus.
The captain of the German world champion team from 1990 underpinned his assessment of how the club dealt with the Manuel Neuer case. Although national goalkeeper Neuer “cost the club so much money” with his skiing accident, Matthäus still lacks a reaction from the top management with sanctions for the goalkeeper’s negligent behavior.
“Of course it’s discussed in the dressing room. My concern is that things that concern every player are not clearly communicated to the outside world in order to end the discussions,” wrote Matthäus. For the player, the team and the public, “the signal that matters: issue done, rest, play football. Things like that aren’t regulated quickly and clearly enough for me at the moment.”
In addition, the expensive purchasing strategy in the Bayern squad led to widespread dissatisfaction. “The personal details on the pitch often raise questions. The substitutes are frustrated because, despite injured colleagues, more stars have been thrown in front of them,” says Matthäus.
Despite everything, Matthäus still sees chances for Munich in the Champions League against Manchester. “There are always miracles,” said the former world footballer. Of course everything has to fit.”
FC Bayern, News: Guardiola warns against FCB
Manager Pep Guardiola has warned the Manchester City stars to take Bayern Munich lightly in the Champions League quarter-final second leg. “I know how it is against Bayern Munich,” emphasized the former coach of the German record champions, “if you’re just a little bit passive, you’ll suffer.”
The English champions go into Wednesday’s decision in Munich with a 3-0 win from the first leg. The statistics clearly speak for City: Only four clubs have made up a deficit of three or more goals in the history of the Champions League. In addition, Manchester under Guardiola (since 2016) only lost three times with three or more goals difference.
“It’s a final,” warned the 52-year-old before meeting again with a “top, top, top team. I know the character and personality of Bayern and their players, their mentality. We have to work a lot and mentally in difficult moments be stable.”
The cabin dispute in the first leg between Bayern stars Sadio Mane and Leroy Sane makes Munich even “absolutely” more dangerous: “It doesn’t weaken them, it strengthens them,” Guardiola claimed: “They will show their best performance on Wednesday evening.”
His eleven have to “appear aggressively in order to win. That’s my basic attitude and it has to be in the minds of my players.” There, the duel will not be decided with the legs: “We need a lot of energy and great courage. If we are just a little bit passive, they can do the same to us as we did to them.”
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