Before the round of 16 second leg in the Champions League, some FC Bayern fans took up the criticism of Honorary President Uli Hoeneß against Paris Saint-Germain. “Our butcher slaughters the long arm of Qatar,” read a banner in French on Wednesday evening. There was also an image of Hoeneß with his middle finger raised and a cleaver in hand over a severed arm bearing the PSG and Qatar Airways logos.
The 71-year-old Hoeneß, himself a butcher’s son, recently described the French club financed from Qatar as a “total counterpart” to his Bayern Munich. “On Wednesday we’re dealing with a club where money doesn’t matter. They can buy everything – and lose to us,” he teased as a talk guest at an event Evening News in Munich.
Qatar Airways, Qatar’s state airline, has been a sponsor of FC Bayern since the summer of 2018. The deal with the airline as sleeve sponsor expires this year. It is still unclear whether the sponsorship will be extended. Many fans of FC Bayern are very critical of the financially lucrative cooperation with the airline.
