Hoeneß Slams Excessive Football Transfer Fees

Bavaria Munich Honorary President Uli Hoeneß is horrified by the latest developments on the international transfer market. “I was stunned what was going on in international football for the last six or eight weeks,” said the 73-year-old.

The high sums, which were moved in the summer transfer window, describes Bavaria Munich’s honorary president Uli Hoeneß as “completely Gaga” and was working at an event of the German football league in Berlin: “At some point the citizen says: Are they completely crazy?”

Bavaria recently had failed in advertising around the national players Florian Wirtz, who switched to Liverpool FC, and Nick Woltemade, who is now playing for Newcastle United, because of the financial strength of the English Premier League. The top English clubs spent more than 3.5 billion euros on new additions in summer and set a record.

Hoeneß warns: “It can’t go well.” The Bundesliga is well advised to go its own way and had to take on a leadership role. “We have to show strength and not take the money of the Arabs and the American hedge funds,” demands the 73-year-old. The DFL must ensure that the Bundesliga clubs “never have to accept this money”.

“Nobody expects us”

Hoeneß declared the record champions from Munich to become an outsider for the upcoming European Cup season. “I am looking forward to this coming season because we like Hoffenheim to the upcoming Champions League season. Nobody expects us,” says the world champion of 1974, who was awarded the honorary award by DFL for his services to German football.