VDespite the next Bayern bankruptcy under the new coach Thomas Tuchel, chief Oliver Kahn once again defended the separation from his predecessor Julian Nagelsmann. “I’ve always talked about long-term goals,” said Kahn on ZDF’s “Aktuelle Sportstudio” on Saturday evening. “It wasn’t just about the goals for the season.”
After the double-out in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup and in the round of eight in the Champions League – both under the aegis of Tuchel – Bayern suffered a bitter 3-1 defeat at FSV Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga on Saturday conceded and thus lost the lead in the table. The record champions from Munich had to let Borussia Dortmund pass them on matchday 29 and are now one point behind BVB. Dortmund easily defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 4:0.
According to Kahn, a season without even one title would be “of course a disaster for all of us”. But the former world-class goalkeeper also finds himself confronted with severe criticism of his record and with doubts as to whether he is still the right person as CEO. Kahn emphasized: “For me there is only one goal: to get this season around, namely with the German championship title, in order to then really attack again next season.” The speculation about his person was caused by “a Twitter message” and all Others then jumped on it,” Kahn continued on ZDF. “And then there was a hype about this topic.”
Kahn was referring to a tweet by former Bundesliga striker Jan Aage Fjörtoft. The Norwegian had recently described Kahn’s dismissal as “a matter of time”, the separation process had long been an “ongoing process”.
Are there consequences at FC Bayern?
Bayern President Herbert Hainer says he does not want to deal with the possible consequences of the current crisis at FC Bayern before the end of the season. “First of all, we are concentrating on the German championship. It will be hard enough, as we saw today,” he said after Saturday’s defeat. “We’ll talk about everything else later,” announced Hainer, who is also the chairman of the supervisory board.
Hainer was disappointed that the team collapsed in the second half after leading 1-0 in the first half. “When you see two halves that are so different and then we collapse like that, it’s difficult to explain,” said the former business manager.
The former national goalkeeper Kahn emphasized again that he would “very gladly” accept the criticism and that he had “no problem” with it. “I’ve experienced a lot in my career and I know what it means when things don’t go well at Bayern Munich. We all bear the responsibility. “Nevertheless, he will not give in one millimeter, “despite this poor performance, wanting to become German champions again this season”.
