Is the next earthquake imminent at FC Bayern? In what is already a memorable season, in which Munich lost or threatened to lose all three major titles in the Bundesliga, Champions League and DFB Cup within a very short space of time, there could still be a big bang on the management floor. At least that’s what Germany’s record national player Lothar Matthäus suspects.
Since the surprising separation from the head coach at the time, Julian Nagelsmann, who had had good prospects in all competitions in March, things have recently gone downhill rapidly.
The 3-1 defeat at 1. FSV Mainz 05 marked another low point in a spring to forget for Bayern, who had previously been knocked out by Champions League champions Manchester City and DFB Cup winners SC Freiburg. Since the Mainz defeat, the lead in the Bundesliga is gone.
“You have to question and analyze almost everything about Bayern’s performance. On and off the pitch. Leading in both areas is a crucial point,” wrote Lothar Matthäus in his “Sky” column.
The 62-year-old does not feel confirmed by the “bankruptcies and the theater” surrounding FC Bayern in the last few days and weeks. His mostly critical words in the recent past about his long-term employer were “never meant maliciously or hatefully”.
Nevertheless, what today’s TV expert has been complaining about in Munich for a long time has continued.
“The communication from the CEO (Oliver Kahn, editor’s note) either doesn’t go down well or doesn’t take place the way the employees need it. The new coach simply doesn’t find a fixed starting lineup. Leading players are missing either because they are at the injured skiing, were sold to Barcelona, are not allowed to play in the important games (Müller) or are out of shape (Kimmich, Goretzka)”, Matthäus listed the biggest Bayern construction sites again.
Hoeneß and Rummenigge back to Bayern?
According to the 1990 world champion, who himself had become German champion seven times with FC Bayern, the next Bavarian earthquake could be imminent: “Personally, I never said that Kahn or Salihamidzic didn’t deserve a new chance and you didn’t “They can go into the new season. That may well be after the relentless season analysis. But I’ve been told by several people that Uli Hoeneß, d. Red.) with the cast that he has installed significantly in the executive floor, since been dissatisfied for many months.”
So are Oliver Kahn and/or Hasan Salihamidzic actually up for grabs at their club? At least one thing is certain for Matthäus: there will no longer be a complete roll backwards at Bayern.
“I don’t think that a manager should be fired in the middle of the season after a change of coach. I also don’t think that Karl-Heinz Rummenigge will come back. And it can’t be the solution that Uli now again Club at the forefront,” wrote Matthäus on “Sky”.
However, it must be clear that “some things” still have to change on Säbener Straße.