Hoeneß talks about "Bloodstains" and "Moneybags"
Every year again: Uli Hoeneß gives public instructions to the protagonists at FC Bayern before the season begins. Before the German football record champion can receive new signings, the squad needs to be cleaned up first. Otherwise, there is a risk of the "Gelenkbus problem" as at BVB.
Uli Hoeneß was in a hurry. "Now I have to go to Munich," said the honorary president of FC Bayern with an uplifted left index finger, "because my grandchildren have a theater performance." But Hoeneß had given the best theater piece himself at the stadium of SV Seligenporten just before that. Hoeneß was in his element, switching from football to grand politics and threatening the competition, true to his earlier favorite role as Abteilung Attack, with a "General Offensive" of FC Ruhmreich.
However, amidst the Bavarian strength and labor in the Oberpfalz, Hoeneß had to admit: Before his Bayern can teach their new main rival Bayer Leverkusen fear again, they need to slim down. "Max Eberl and Christoph Freund know very well that only then can new players come if one or two prominent departures occur. We don't have a moneybag at FC Bayern."
The German industry leader here stands alone in this regard. Borussia Dortmund also faces the same dilemma that Hoeneß named with shining forehead and described in the Süddeutsche Zeitung as a "budget blockade": The large sums of money needed for further stars are tied up in the existing, partly no longer used personnel.
Borussia Dortmund is also looking for a solution
"I've been reading for the last few days that one is coming for 90 million, one for 50 and one for that," said Hoeneß and made it clear: "That's all nonsense! There's no player coming if one or two or three don't go first." Eberl and Freund had already spent "overall 125 million euros" on signings Hiroki Ito, Michael Olise, and Palhinha. "And if theoretically none of them leaves, then we have three more players, and we can then go to the games with a bus."
Currently, stars like Kingsley Coman, Matthijs de Ligt, Serge Gnabry, or Leon Goretzka, whom the FC Bayern would gladly give away, are still there. Or Joshua Kimmich, for whom only the word "gladly" would have to be removed. All these players have running contracts and earn well - just like their Dortmund colleagues Emre Can, Sebastien Haller, Karim Adeyemi, or Donyell Malen.
The named ones are blocking possible new acquisitions like Xavi Simons (Leipzig), Desire Doue (Rennes), Rayan Cherki (Lyon), Yan Couto (Manchester City), and Pascal Groß (Brighton) here, or there. Eberl and his Dortmund colleague Sebastian Kehl are aware of the problem and express themselves accordingly. In Munich, the sports director puts pressure on the shopkeepers by generally referring to the fact that "professional football is a performance sport." In Dortmund, the sports director means that "it's possibly not optimal to go into the season with four strikers." Departures are desired!
But because the situation is dragging on, there is a risk that what Hoeneß wanted to prevent at all costs may happen again. "Except for exceptional cases," said he a year ago, "we shouldn't be in the middle of things on the last transfer day in the future." Earlier, Hoeneß had laughed about this deadline day at FC Bayern. Now, theater friend Hoeneß may play a role in this tragicomedy once again.
Uli Hoeness mentioned the need for Transfers and Rumors at FC Bayern Munich, emphasizing that soccer stars like Kingsley Coman, Matthijs de Ligt, and Serge Gnabry, whose contracts are still running, are blocking potential new signings such as Xavi Simons or Pascal Groß.
Despite Hoeness's earlier caution against last-minute transfers, the situation seems to be repeating itself, making it possible for Uli Hoeness to play a role in the tragicomedy of transfer deadline day once again.
