Although Oliver Kahn has announced a personal meeting with the Bayern bosses, Uli Hoeneß is now also criticizing the club’s former CEO.
The next round of noise surrounding the dismissal of Oliver Kahn. Now Uli Hoeneß has made further allegations, but also reached out to the ousted CEO of Bayern Munich for reconciliation. “In retrospect” Considered, it was a mistake to make the former captain CEO, said Hoeneß in “Kicker”, “you have to say that.“
Kahn be”a highly intelligent man who is fun to talk to“, explained Hoeneß, but: “The big disappointment is that I thought he could do the job on his own because of his personality, but instead he surrounded himself with his advisers.” These would have for “the catastrophically bad mood” taken care of in the club.
“The decision had to be made like this”
Nevertheless, Hoeneß would like to part with Kahn on good terms. “I have a lot of respect for the person, he has achieved a lot as a player. Even if he hasn’t lived up to expectations as CEO, my door is always open to Oliver” he stressed.
The 71-year-old also supported President Herbert Hainer’s account of the separation from Kahn, which he had contradicted. “It wasn’t a pleasant conversation“Hoeneß said. Kahn verbally shot at the new boss Jan-Christian Dreesen. That’s why he was advised not to travel to the title final in Cologne. According to Hoeneß, the separation had nothing to do with the end of the season. “We would have acted like that with three titles, the decision had to be made like that.”
Kahn announces talks with FCB bosses
Kahn had previously announced a clarifying conversation with the top management after the dispute about his departure from FC Bayern. “When everything has cooled down, we will sit down together and talk about everything in peace“Said the 53-year-old on Sunday (May 28, 2023) of the “Bild”. He defended his behavior after the separation: “I’m sure everyone can understand that I’m disappointed not to have been with the team yesterday.“
FC Bayern made the separation of Kahn and sports director Hasan Salihamidzic public on Saturday immediately after winning the eleventh championship title in a row. Both were informed of the decision on Friday after a supervisory board meeting. Club President Herbert Hainer described the conversation with Kahn afterwards as “not consensual” designated.
Kahn also not present at the championship celebration
The former national goalkeeper was not at the decisive game in Cologne on Saturday, nor was he at the championship celebration. Hainer justified this with the process on Thursday and Friday. Kahn previously wrote on Twitter that it was him “prohibited by the club” been.
After two years as chairman of the board at FC Bayern, Kahn does not see himself as a failure. “I took on this responsibility because I wanted to give something back to the club“said the 53-year-old. “After the very successful time with Uli Hoeneß and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, that was not an easy task.“
Nevertheless, Kahn looks back on his time with Munich with positive feelings. “The club is currently in a transition phase, which is always difficult and in which mistakes sometimes happen. Even if the current situation is not easy, for me the many great experiences with FC Bayern far outweigh the negative ones“, he said. “The irritations of the last few days will not change that.“
Salihamidzic’s successor unclear
FC Bayern want to take their time with the search for a successor to the sports director Hasan Salihamidzic, who was also fired. According to Hoeneß, he should be found by Christmas at the latest. Hoeneß, Hainer, Dreesen and former boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, who is scheduled to move into the supervisory board on Tuesday (May 30, 2023), will be looking for him. The four-man council also initially takes over squad planning in close consultation with coach Thomas Tuchel.