Before the round of 16 second leg in the Champions League, some FC Bayern fans took up the criticism of Honorary President Uli Hoeneß against Paris Saint-Germain.
“Our butcher slaughters the long arm of Qatar,” read one banner in French. There was also an image of Hoeneß with his middle finger raised and a cleaver in hand over a severed arm bearing the PSG and Qatar Airways logos.
The 71-year-old Hoeneß, himself a butcher’s son, recently described the French club financed from Qatar as a “total counterpart” to his Bayern Munich. “On Wednesday we’re dealing with a club where money doesn’t matter. They can buy everything – and lose against us,” he teased as a talk guest at an event of the “Abendzeitung” in Munich.
Qatar Airways, Qatar’s state airline, has been a sponsor of FC Bayern since the summer of 2018. The deal with the airline as sleeve sponsor expires this year. World Cup host Qatar has been sharply criticized for the human rights situation and the situation for foreign workers. Many fans of FC Bayern are very critical of the financially lucrative cooperation with the airline.