Lothar Matthäus sees Uli Hoeneß’ visit to Thomas Tuchel as a weakening of club boss Oliver Kahn. There are still discussions about BVB’s denied penalty – and in the game against Hertha BSC there are a few series at stake. Latest news and rumors about FCB.
More news about FC Bayern Munich:
FC Bayern Munich, News: Matthäus sees Kahn weakened by Hoeneß
The reports of a possible dismissal of Oliver Kahn as Bayern’s CEO at the next supervisory board meeting on May 22nd are not coming to an end. On Thursday, Bayern patriarch Uli Hoeneß – a member of the supervisory board – attended Thomas Tuchel’s training session and had a lively chat with him.
For Lothar Matthäus a further weakening of Kahn’s position. “It’s definitely not a good sign for the management that he has to leave Tegernsee to go to Munich and then speak demonstratively on the pitch with the coach before training,” said Matthäus sky. “A sign to Oliver Kahn – and not a good sign, I would say.”
Matthäus continues: “Of course he weakens Oliver Kahn with that. He sent a signal to Kahn. You have to be more active, you have to approach people. That’s Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich is a community and you have to talk to each other. I think Uli Hoeneß was not satisfied, as Oliver Kahn demonstrated to the outside world.”
Kahn himself had recently appeared calm about the discussions about himself: “I concentrate 100 percent on my work. And that now means: How can we become German champions? Everything else doesn’t interest me,” he said in an interview on Friday with Munich Mercury/tz.
FC Bayern Munich, rumour: FCB and Manchester City are fighting for Mateo Kovacic
Bayern Munich is said to be interested in signing Mateo Kovacic from Chelsea. He reports that Evening Standard. According to this, the new Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel would like to work again with the Croatian, whom he already had under his wing with the Blues.
Loud Manchester Evening News However, FCB is not alone in its interest in the 28-year-old: Manchester City is also interested in Kovacic. Chelsea are reportedly preferring to sell to a club outside of England so as not to strengthen a direct Premier League competitor.
Kovacic has only made 15 league appearances from the start this season. He has been playing for the Blues since 2019.
FC Bayern Munich, rumor: Nagelsmann too expensive for Tottenham
Julian Nagelsmann is according to the English daily TheTelegraph the favorite for the coaching post at Tottenham Hotspur. However, according to the report, the Spurs have problems financing the German’s commitment.
Because Nagelsmann is officially under contract with FC Bayern until 2026, who released him from his duties at the end of March. As long as the ex-FCB coach has not agreed with the club to terminate his contract, he will have to pay a fee. And the amount then called should, according to the report, be above what the Spurs have set as a limit.
In addition to Nagelsmann, there are said to be three other candidates for the coaching position in London, but the former Munich coach is the big favourite.
FC Bayern Munich, News: Kemme alludes to “FCB tastes”.
The anger about referee Sascha Stegemann and video assistant Robert Hartmann has not yet subsided. Now the fact that Hartmann comes from the Allgäu and is therefore part of the Bavarian Football Association is causing a stir.
“The fact that he comes from the Allgäu offers a very, very large target. Again,” said sky-Expert Tabea Kemme. The thought behind it is clear: FC Bayern benefited from Dortmund’s 1-1 draw at VfL Bochum on Friday, so Hartmann could not theoretically be completely impartial.
“We have to pull the leash a bit tighter. We all have to sit down at a table and play with open cards, also when it comes to placing,” continued the former international.
Meanwhile, Kemme’s colleague Lothar Matthäus was upset that Hartmann was immediately put back into action as video assistant by the DFB in Hamburger SV’s 2-3 defeat in the second division at 1. FC Magdeburg on Saturday.
“I’ll take him out first! He’s also mentally scratched after this discussion,” complained Matthäus: “But today he’s being used again and making another decision that I can’t understand one hundred percent, where it wasn’t a clear wrong decision for me .”
The 43-year-old had asked referee Harm Osmers to watch a scene in which he had decided on a penalty for HSV. Osmers subsequently took the penalty back.
FC Bayern Munich: Facts about the game against Hertha BSC
On Sunday afternoon (3.30 p.m.) FC Bayern meet Bundesliga bottom Hertha BSC at home. A few facts about the game:
FCB haven’t lost at home to Hertha for 45 years (last 2-0 in October 1977)
Bayern are unbeaten in their last 21 home league games (14 wins, 7 draws)
Hertha has only collected two points from the last seven games and has the weakest defense of the second half of the season with 29 goals conceded
FC Bayern Munich: The remaining program in the Bundesliga
