Lothar Matthäus once again justified himself in the discussion about the possible change from U21 national striker Nick Woltemade from VfB Stuttgart to Bayern.
“It was said a lot, but not everything is right. Uli Hoeneß complained about my statements about Nick Woltemade. He insulted me, it became a big story. In the end, Uli reacted to something that I did not say again,” said Matthäus in his “Sky” column.
The German record national player emphasized: “I did not say Nick Woltemade costs 100 million and I also did not say it costs 80 million. Before I read something about 60 million, I said that it would not have been surprised if 80 to 100 million had stood there due to the quality of the player Woltemade and because of his contractual situation in Stuttgart.”
Hoeneß had previously told the “kicker”: “Lothar Matthäus does not have all the cups in the closet.” The 1990 world champion is not responsible, but as in the debate about Florian Wirtz, astronomical figures are throwing around, according to the honorary president of FC Bayern. “These experts have been a thorn in my side for a long time,” said Hoeneß, who, in addition to Matthew, also called Didi Hamann, Fredi Bobic and Michael Reschke, former technical director of FC Bayern.
FC Bayern made this “mistake” at Nick Woltemade
With a view of the Woltemade Prize sign, Matthäus moved the comparison to Jamie Gitten, who changes from Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea FC for 65 million euros, and Hugo Ekitiké, which Eintracht Frankfurt calls for. “That’s why I came up with the sums mentioned for Woltemade.”
He himself said “three years ago during a Bundesliga top game in Bremen that Woltemade had huge potential,” Matthäus looked back. “Bavarians made the mistake that they did not scout him 16 months ago when he was still under contract with Werder. In Munich, millions of times were paid for 16, 17-year-old players from abroad, but Woltemade went through their rags.”
Matthäus explained that not experts are now responsible for the horrendous transfer sums, but the market.