About a year ago, the Zoff between ex-coach Hansi Flick and sports director Hasan Salihamidzic caused a stir at FC Bayern. Such a scenario now threatens to repeat itself.
As reported by “Sport Bild”, the relationship between Julian Nagelsmann and Hasan Salihamidzic is tense. According to this, it is “boiling” between the two Bayern protagonists.
As with Flick, the subject of dispute is the composition of the squad. Nagelsmann was “more and more frustrated” by FC Bayern’s reluctance to enter the transfer market.
The fact that Munich didn’t strike either Nico Schlotterbeck (switched to BVB), Denis Zakaria last winter (switched to Juventus) or Amine Adli (switched to Bayer Leverkusen) annoyed the coach.
However, Salihamidzic’s hands are tied to a certain extent, as he only received a small transfer budget from the supervisory board, the paper writes.
The transfers of Ryan Gravenberch, for whom a transfer fee of 30 million euros will probably be due, and the free transfer Noussair Mazraoui from Ajax Amsterdam are firmly planned in Munich.
But Nagelsmann is probably demanding more transfers. After the departure of Niklas Süle to Borussia Dortmund, another central defender is to come, and the coach also publicly formulated his wish for “one or two pressing machines”.
Memories of Flick awaken
According to “Sport Bild”, many in the club are already reminded of the constant quarrel between triple coach Hansi Flick and Salihamidzic.
It is an open secret that the triple coach left FC Bayern about a year ago because he had a bad fight with the sports director.
Before Nagelsmann took office, Salihamidzic had emphasized that he did not expect any similar points of friction as with Flick. In the discussions with the new coach about the team, the tactics, the squad, etc. “it quickly became clear that we have the same understanding,” said the ex-professional in the summer of 2021 to the “kicker”.