The German newspaper reports that picturewho knows that the police are in possession of an anonymous letter that would start with the text: ‘save the league, save the football, death to dirty Bavarian pigs’.
According to picture the names of Robert Lewandowski, Manuel Neuer and Serge Gnabry are said to be in the letter in question. Bayern Munich has yet to comment on the news. A spokesman for the German police only wants to inform the German news agency DPA that an investigation has been launched into suspicions of threatening and disrupting public order through threats with criminal offences.
Bayern will go to Austria without Neuer and Leon Goretzka for the first game with Red Bull Salzburg in the eighth finals of the Champions League. Goalkeeper Neuer is recovering from a recent knee surgery, midfielder Goretzka has been sidelined since early December due to a knee injury. Trainer Julian Nagelsmann also misses Alphonso Davies (inflamed heart muscle) and Jamal Musiala (corona infection).
‘Best in the world’
Bayern lost 4-2 to VfL Bochum in the Bundesliga on Saturday. Sven Ulreich, Neuer’s replacement under the bar, had to concede all goals against before halftime. “Of course we miss Manuel, he is the best goalkeeper in the world for a reason,” says Nagelsmann. „But Sven has done well against Bochum. It was certainly not his fault that we played that way against Bochum.” Bayern Munich won all matches in the group stage of the Champions League and, like Ajax and Liverpool, qualified for the eighth finals with the maximum score of 18 points. Red Bull Salzburg finished second in the group behind Lille with 10 points.
“I heard them say at Salzburg that they are ready for a fight and that is a good sign,” Nagelsmann said. “They have a strong team, which is playing on this podium for the first time. It would be against their nature to avoid a challenge. And we’re not going to change our attacking philosophy either. In any case, it will be great to play in front of 30,000 spectators for the first time in a long time.”
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