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FCB sports director Hasan Salihamidzic denies rumors about Corentin Tolisso

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July 30, 2021

FCB sports director Hasan Salihamidzic denies rumors about Corentin Tolisso

Hasan Salihamidzic denies the rumors about Corentin Tolisso. Bayern are strengthening themselves in the scouting area with a new addition from FC Chelsea. In addition: Niklas Süle has to break off training, Thomas Müller is meanwhile ailing. You can find all the news and rumors about FC Bayern Munich here.

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FC Bayern, News: FCB board member Salihamidzic denies rumors about Tolisso

According to media reports, Corentin Tolisso applies to those players at FC Bayern who can switch to a suitable offer and generate transfer income. Sports director Hasan Salihamidzic now countered those rumors and made a statement.

“Nobody called me,” said Salihamidzic in an interview with the Italian radio station Radio Kiss Kiss. Accordingly, the German record champions are planning with the Frenchman staying. “We hope he has a great season with us,” said the 44-year-old.

Tolisso, who was recently infected with Corona and thus missed important parts of the preparation for the season, has been linked to several top European clubs in recent weeks. Italy’s record champions Juventus are said to have shown interest in the French.

Sports picture had announced that FC Bayern would be ready to talk from a transfer fee of at least 20 million euros. In 2017, Munich had taken 41.5 million euros for the midfielder.

Corentin Tolisso: performance data 20/21

contest	Calls	Gates	Assists	Minutes played
Bundesliga	16	1	–	779
Champions League	3	1	–	254
FIFA Club World Cup	2	–	–	47
UEFA Super Cup	1	–	–	50
DFB Cup	1	–	–	105
DFL Supercup	1	1	–	90

TOTAL	24	3	–	1,325

Pippi Kalle and Koan Neuer: When Bayern fans attack their own people

1/21

Coach Julian Nagelsmann and striker Joshua Zirkzee were attacked by their own fans as part of FC Bayern Munich’s friendly against Ajax Amsterdam (2-2).

2/21

What exactly happened Nagelsmann’s past was criticized by city rivals TSV 1860. A group of fans in the south curve chanted: “Nagelsmann, you pig, back to TSV!”

3/21

Nagelsmann said: “I noticed that. (…) As you say, everyone has to deal with their conscience. You cannot make everyone happy. You just have to be able to handle certain things.”

4/21

Zirkzee received massive hostility for a miserably missed goal opportunity on social media. Probably in response to this, he emptied his Instagram page and deleted all content.

5/21

It was not the first time that FC Bayern fans stood up against their own club employees. A few examples from the past.

6/21

Hasan Salihamidzic: Only last spring was sports director Salihamidzic in the crossfire of criticism. Many fans blamed him for the argument with ex-coach Hansi Flick and insulted him and his family.

7/21

Thereupon even his opponent Flick strengthened him: “Limits are exceeded, a no-go. With all the things that Brazzo and I had, it was never personal. (…) We have to be careful that such things are not the order of the day are.”

8/21

And further: “This is all about football. Football is important, but not the most important thing in life. These things are not part of it and I want to say that very clearly. I disapprove of that, it doesn’t work at all.”

9/21

Manuel Neuer: The change of today’s captain Manuel Neuer to FC Bayern in 2011 triggered a storm of indignation in the fan scene. Background: Neuer had been a member of the Schalke ultra group “Ultras Gelsenkirchen” since 2003.

10/21

This excluded him as a result of his change. Before completion, Neuer met with Schalke in the DFB Cup semi-finals at Bayern. During the game in the Allianz Arena, thousands of Bayern fans held up notes saying “Koan Neuer”.

11/21

The CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge later said at Sport1: “I was ashamed of the posters. I can still remember how I went into the dressing room at Schalke 04 and apologized to Manuel Neuer.”

12/21

The criticism initially hardly decreased after the change. In his first Bundesliga game for FCB, a 1-0 win against Gladbach, he was instrumental in the goal he conceded. But he didn’t break and became one of the best keepers in the club’s history.

13/21

Arjen Robben: In his first year with FC Bayern, Neuer reached the Champions League final in Munich, which was lost to Chelsea on penalties. Because Arjen Robben missed a penalty in extra time, …

14/21

… some fans declared him a scapegoat. In a test match shortly afterwards against the Dutch national team, he was whistled by his own supporters – while others applauded him encouragingly.

15/21

“It’s a shame,” said bond coach Bert van Marwijk. Former FCB player Mark van Bommel said: “It’s a scandal. I’ve never been through anything like this in Munich. I didn’t think it would happen at Bayern Munich.”

16/21

Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes thought: “He has to live with that. There were only a few fans.” In 2013 Robben won the Champions League title for Bayern with his late goal in the final against Borussia Dortmund.

17/21

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge: The long-time chairman of the board of directors of FC Bayern repeatedly aroused the displeasure of fans of the ultra groups. Be it because of his club’s partnership with Qatar, his role as a supposed commercializer, …

18/21

… or his solidarity with Dietmar Hopp at the broken Bundesliga game against TSG Hoffenheim after abuse against the patron. The fans expressed their displeasure with a number of banners.

19/21

In 2020, for example, pictures of Rummenigge with Pippi Longstocking’s braids and the message “I will distribute the television money as I like” were posted in Munich. Background: The Bavarians rejected a reform of the distribution key.

20/21

A few months later, the ultra group “Red Fanatic Munich” criticized the external representation of FC Bayern by Rummenigge in the Corona crisis. It was about a prioritized vaccination of the FCB professionals and the flight chaos when leaving for the Club World Cup.

21/21

Rummenigge “regularly tramples on the values that this association actually conveys, or rather would like to convey,”. As a fan of FC Bayern, one should be ashamed of “especially for and because of Karl-Heinz Rummenigge”.

Bayern, News: FCB is strengthening its scouting area

FC Bayern has restructured its scouting team on campus and made personnel changes. As the German record champions announced on Thursday, Florian Zahn will take over the position of team leader for squad planning and scouting in the FCB youth team.

“Florian has a lot of experience in spotting talent and is well networked regionally, nationally and in European football. Together with his team, he will do valuable work so that we get even more top talent and even more individual quality to develop on campus” said Holger Seitz, the sports director at the Bayern campus.

Zahn had worked as a scout for FC Bayern since January 2020 and had previously worked in similar positions for 1. FC Kaiserslautern (2013-2015) and FC Chelsea (2015-2019). In his new area of activity, the 39-year-old will take care of the squad composition of the individual teams and form the interface between junior and professional scouting.

The Zahn team also includes two newcomers: Vito Leccese (32) and Gürkan Karahan (39). Leccese is moving from Chelsea to Munich, where he was employed as lead youth scout for three years. Karahan worked at Sky and was responsible for the tactical analysis of games in the Champions League. In addition to Leccese and Karahan, Dominik Beckenbauer, Sören Radsack and Fabian Lülsdorf form the scouting team on the Bayern campus.

FCB, News: Süle breaks off training, Müller struck

The personnel worries at FC Bayern could increase: Defender Niklas Süle had to break off training on Thursday morning. As the picture reports, the 25-year-old went back to the locker room after just 13 minutes due to problems in his lower back.

The central defender, who only started training on Tuesday after his European Championship vacation, had previously only participated in the warm-up, the pain occurred on a fitness course.

Süle tried to solve the problems with light jogging and was in contact with physiotherapist Helmut Erhard, but there was no improvement. Nothing is currently known about an exact diagnosis and possible downtime of the central defender.

But Süle wasn’t the only headache for those responsible for Bavaria: Thomas Müller, who only played an individual unit and is actually on vacation until July 31, completed coordination and pass exercises with fitness boss Holger Broich. The national player touched the inside of the thigh several times. However, Müller was able to pull off his 45-minute program.

Before Müller, Serge Gnabry started training earlier than expected and even played a part in the defeat in the friendly against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Only the return of captain Manuel Neuer and Joshua Kimmich is still pending.

FC Bayern: arrivals and departures for the 2021/22 season

Accesses	Departures
Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig, 42.5 million euros)	David Alaba (Real Madrid)
Omar Richards (Reading FC, free transfer)	Jerome Boateng (destination unknown)
Christian Früchtl (1. FC Nürnberg, end of loan)	Javi Martinez (Qatar SC)
Chris Richards (TSG Hoffenheim, end of loan)	Tiago Dantas (Benfica, end of loan)
Michael Cuisance (Olymp. Marseille, end of loan)	Jann-Fiete Arp (Holstein Kiel, loan)
Joshua Zirkzee (Parma FC, loan end)	Alexander Nübel (AS Monaco, loan)
Lars Lukas Mai (Darmstadt 98, loan end)	Adrian Fein (Greuther Fürth, loan)