“Best regards to Uli Hoeneß”
Player congratulations? Chrupalla irritated with a statement
24.02.2025 – 2:31 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The AfD is in a good mood according to the election results. So good that Tino Chrupalla can be carried away into a provocative statement.
AfD party leader Tino Chrupalla raised questions at a press conference in Berlin. When the 49-year-old reported congratulations on the election success of the right-wing populists, he suddenly distributed a swipe towards Uli Hoeneß and FC Bayern.
“I would also like to thank the many well-wishers that I got last night-also from two German national players and former Bayern players,” said Chrupalla on Monday. Then he followed: “So greetings to Uli Hoeneß.” He did not want to give the names of the players at the press conference. So who it should be that remains unclear.
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The background of the side blow is probably a recently made warning from Hoeneß towards the Bayern player. In an interview with the “kicker”, the honorary president was asked whether Bayern should and had to be politically politically. Hoeneß had a clear answer ready: “If one of our players suddenly advertised the AfD, I would talk to him and ask him if he still has all the cups in his closet.”
Hoeneß himself had clearly positioned himself against the AfD at the funeral service of Franz Beckenbauer in January 2024. In his speech, he reminded of the 2006 World Cup when “hundreds of, thousands of thousands with the black-red-gold flag drove through the streets because they were proud of our country”.
Hoeneß particularly emphasized the pride in Germany: “We have to get there again,” he said, shoving: “I would like to emphasize very clearly that I don’t want to have the AfD with me in this process.” Now he confirmed his words again: “I stand by this speech, she was my private opinion,” he told the “kicker”.