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Uli Hoeneß (left) and Thomas Tuchel – will that go well?
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Dietmar Hamann is extremely critical of developments at FC Bayern. It starts with the upcoming transfer from Harry Kane. But the most interesting thing is the relationship between the club management and coach Tuchel. There are definitely dissonances there.
Dietmar Hamann (49) advises Bayern against transferring England’s star striker Harry Kane. In general, he sees the developments and personnel decisions at the record champions critically.
“Kane doesn’t have the physique of Robert Lewandowski, he’s never been fast, and I would have major concerns if he would score the goals in two or three years that Lewandowski is still shooting at 34,” said Sky expert Hamann at one Event of the TV station. Top striker Lewandowski switched to FC Barcelona last summer, and the Munich team have not yet found a suitable replacement.
Now Kane is the dream striker of the German record champions. Tottenham Hotspur and club boss Daniel Levy are said to be demanding 100 million pounds (the equivalent of around 116 million euros) for his goalscorer. Every day there are new water level reports about the status of the negotiations, which sometimes contradict each other. The “Evening Standard” reported on Tuesday that Kane is tending towards another year at Tottenham. The next day, the Times reported that Levy would agree to the sale after all. In any case, Hamann, who himself played for Bayern for several years, doesn’t think much of the transfer.
“For me, that’s too much money for a 30-year-old,” he said: “It would be good for Bayern, it would be good for the league, but it has to fit. To me, what would be paid is disproportionate to what they get.”
Former national player Dietmar Hamann
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In addition to the transfer, Bayern would probably have to estimate around 100 million as salary costs for four years of the contract. “He doesn’t have the speed like Lewandowski,” said Hamann: “He always lets himself go and plays like a ten. Of course Kane scores 25 goals in the Bundesliga”, but the 18-year-old youngster Mathys Tel “also scores his 20 goals. I wouldn’t do it for the price!” Hamann continued: “I would be very careful if I were Bayern Munich. Bayern knew beforehand that Levy was tough. When Uli Hoeneß says that he will give in at 80-90 million, I just thought to myself: Good luck, Mr. Hoeneß!
Hamann advises Kolo Muani
Hamann would rather advise Munich to transfer Randal Kolo Muani from Eintracht Frankfurt. “I’d rather pay 100 million for him than for Kane because he’s 24. He has everything, he can do everything and can possibly score goals in the next six, seven, eight years,” said Hamann. Kolo Muani is said to be on the verge of a move to Paris Saint-Germain.
The former national player is currently generally critical of Bayern and looks back on the parallel dismissal of club boss Oliver Kahn and sports director Hasan Salihamidzic at the end of last season: “What has happened in the last few months, also the way Oliver Kahn and Brazzo were gone. I can only shake my head at that. I doubt whether things will necessarily improve with the old staff.”
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Especially since there are already dissonances between the club and Thomas Tuchel, who was only committed in the spring. Among other things, because of the commitment of sports director Christoph Freund, in which the coach was apparently not really involved. The club had announced the commitment of the 46-year-old as the successor to Salihamidzic from Red Bull Salzburg in mid-July.
Leverkusen as a major competitor to FC Bayern
“Then a new sports director will be brought in and Tuchel hasn’t even spoken to him,” said Hamann: “You should have spoken to Tuchel. What is Tuchel thinking now? I would imagine – betrayed might be a bit too hard – but it is true. A sports director is called and you don’t even tell him that. “And the old leadership was accused of not communicating enough. Then I ask myself whether so much has changed at Bayern. The exciting thing for me will be the relationship between the club and the coach.”
And so Hamann does not see Bayern as a sure champion. “We’ll see if all of this will quickly improve. I’m rather skeptical about that,” he said. The biggest rival of the record champions is not second-placed Borussia Dortmund, but sixth-placed Bayer Leverkusen: The Werkself, who have just renewed their contract with coach Xabi Alonso, have strengthened and developed well. “I have high hopes for Leverkusen,” said Hamman.
Champions Bayern open the Bundesliga season on August 18 at Werder Bremen. Before that, the game for the Supercup is scheduled for this Saturday. At 8:45 p.m., Bayern play cup winners RB Leipzig in their own stadium. At the same time, the first round of the DFB Cup will take place at the weekend.
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