The coach of the German record champions comments on the argument with the TV expert. And explains a consistent decision.
Thomas Tuchel rejected Sky expert Dietmar Hamann’s apology after his critical statements towards the Bayern Munich coach and followed up in the ongoing dispute with the ex-national player. “The things that happened when I visited the fan club were taken completely out of context. Statements were deliberately made that were not true,” said Tuchel in a pool after the 3-1 (1-1) win against Borussia Mönchengladbach -Interview with ran, Sport1 and ZDF.
“We were all shocked by what he made of it, so it doesn’t matter whether he apologized,” Tuchel continued: “I don’t buy it from him – and that’s why it (the apology, editor) also not relevant.”
“Unfactual statements”
During a visit to the fan club last Sunday, the 50-year-old answered a general question that he would be interested in foreign countries again and emphasized that Spain in particular had “an exceptional league”. Hamann sharply criticized this statement.
Bayern then complained in a statement on Monday about “unobjective statements” about Tuchel, without mentioning Hamann’s name. “He didn’t say that he would like to train in Barcelona or Spain. I would like to apologize to Thomas Tuchel and Bayern for that,” said Hamann. The 50-year-old also described the Munich team’s general cooperation with Tuchel as, among other things, “the biggest misunderstanding since Jürgen Klinsmann.”
In addition to Bayern, t-online columnist Stefan Effenberg also criticized Hamann sharply: “If criticism has any bearing, I have no problem with it. But it should never go personal,” wrote the 55-year-old (you can read more about it here ).
After the success over Gladbach, Tuchel also complained more generally about what he saw as the “extremely personal” and “unobjective” reporting. The “newspaper with big letters” recently “overheard” him “bitching to himself” during the game in Augsburg (3:2). “For me, a limit has been crossed.”