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Bouna Sarr was unexpectedly signed by FC Bayern last season shortly before the transfer deadline from Olympique Marseille
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Lothar Matthäus takes Bouna Sarr to court. Tenor: The defender is “simply not a Bayern player”. He only got into the team at the instigation of a board member of Bayern Munich.
Lothar Matthäus is not only causing a stir at the moment with his fifth divorce. The 60-year-old had confirmed to BILD on Monday evening that he had separated from his 33-year-old wife Anastasia. And the football expert also pleads for separation in the case of Bouna Sarr. A remarkable process.
In any case, Matthäus suggested to the Bayern defender that it would be best to look for a new club. The Frenchman is “simply not a Bayern player,” writes Matthäus in his column for the Sky broadcaster.
Sarr came from Olympiqie Marseille last October for eight million euros. It was a surprising transfer, even then it took a good deal of imagination to be able to imagine how the 29-year-old defender would gain a foothold at Bayern.
Only 21 games for FC Bayern – a meager record
In fact, he never quite managed it. He was unable to convince the then coach Hansi Flick, but Flick’s successor Julian Nagelsmann seems to have broken out just as little enthusiasm for Sarr’s abilities. Bavaria’s idea was once to get a right-back who can attack and set accents on the offensive. Flick like Nagelsmann, at least that is what Matthäus wants to have agreed, but would “not at all” count on the defensive player.
As an indication of this, the German record national player pulled the game of Munich last weekend against Eintracht Frankfurt. In the 1: 2 Munich, Nagelsmann replaced defender Niklas Süle in the 75th minute with midfielder Marcel Sabitzer – and not with the trained defender Sarr.
“If I were him, I would have wanted to flee the stadium. If he wants to play and not just get his check at the end of the month, he should look for a new club, “judged Matthäus and sketched that at that time only sports director Hasan Salihamidzic was convinced of the transfer and for Sarr” a lot, despite the financially tense Corona situation paid in money ”. Since then, Sarr has only played 21 competitive games (958 minutes) at Bayern.
Matthäus also criticized Sabitzer as a defender against Frankfurt. “If you can blame Julian for something, it is the somewhat surprising change of a tactical nature when he brings Sabitzer for Süle, but puts him in the right defensive position,” he wrote in his column.
Just eight minutes later, Sabitzer’s opponent Filip Kostic scored the game-winning 2-1 for Eintracht. “I’m a big believer in putting players in their best position, and Marcel’s definitely not in the back-right position. You made your opponent unnecessarily strong, ”said Matthäus.
Sabitzer is “really everything, but not a right-back. His strengths are not on the defensive. I don’t want to go as far as to say that Nagelsmann coached himself, but that is his responsibility. If all players are fit and in shape, there is no place for RB Leipzig to join the first team. Its top position is central. But there is no getting around Kimmich and Goretzka ”.
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