Saturday, May 8th, 2021
“A very popular trainer”
Rummenigge warns DFB about Hansi Flick
One thing is clear: Hansi Flick is leaving FC Bayern at the end of the season. And that at your own request. His path could lead back to the German national team. But the successor to national coach Joachim Löw has not yet been clarified. The boss of FC Bayern now advises the DFB to hurry.
Bayern Munich’s CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has advised the German Football Association (DFB) to act quickly in the case of Hansi Flick. “Hansi is a coach that is in great demand in European football. It would be a drama if he went abroad or anywhere and didn’t end up with the DFB,” said Rummenigge at Sky and added: “Hansi would be a perfect fit for the DFB.” For weeks there has been intense speculation that the 56-year-old could become national coach. The post will be vacant after the EM in the summer because Joachim Löw is withdrawing at his own request.
Flick also indicated after Bayern’s spectacular 6-0 championship dance against Borussia Mönchengladbach that the DFB need not be the only point of contact when it comes to their future. “I want to continue to coach and work with a team that is capable of winning titles. It’s a lot of fun. It’s my absolute consideration that I want to coach a club or a country that is in the Are able to win titles, “says Flick at Sky.
However, Flick again emphasized his connection to many people involved at the DFB. “Back then it was a great time with Oliver Bierhoff, Jogi Löw and Andreas Köpke. It was outstanding, there was enormous appreciation and loyalty among each other,” said the Bayern coach. He himself now wants to wait and see. “I have no pressure and will see what the next days and weeks show. I can go on vacation with my family after May 22nd. Everything else will come as it should,” said Flick.
Rummenigge attacks Koch
In the conversation Rummenigge also made it clear that he has no ambitions for a top position at the DFB. “I’m not looking for a job that equates to hara-kiri.” Sky expert Lothar Matthäus had previously brought the Bayern boss into play for a management position. “Lothar knows that I don’t want a job like this because I don’t care,” said Rummenigge now.
At the same time, he sharply criticized the current DFB leadership around President Fritz Keller. “The DFB just has to come to rest. It’s been a constant unrest for years and days. People have to slowly ask themselves whether what is happening there is still fair to football,” he said: “This theater has not just been around two weeks, but since coming to terms with the summer fairy tale. During that time, three presidents got the red card. “
Rummenigge also urged DFB Vice President Rainer Koch to accept Keller’s apology for his verbal derailment. “I got to know Fritz Keller as a serious, honest and loving person. He apologized. I would think it would be a nice gesture not only to accept the apology, but also to accept it.” Keller had compared Koch to the Nazi judge Roland Freisler. Keller has since apologized for this several times, but has ruled out a resignation.
“That was without question a serious derailment,” said Rummenigge: “But at some point the DFB will have to consider whether they can return to harmony. That will also be a question of fate,” said the Bayern boss. This could also have negative consequences for the EM. “If I’ve learned one thing: you have to live it up in your head so that the team that represents Germany is successful.”
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