Oliver Kahn and Hasan Salihamidzic. Panoramic
The director of Bayern Munich regretted, like Oliver Kahn, the media release of the international goalkeeper.
Manuel Neuer put “his personal interests above the interests of the club“Lamented Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic in the weekly Bild am Sonntag on Sunday, after the spectacular media outing of the currently injured German goalkeeper.
In two interviews with sports site The Athletic and the daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, Manuel Neuer, out of action until the end of the season after breaking his lower right leg during a ski trip, strongly criticized the dismissal of goalkeeping coach since 2011 and close friend, Toni Tapalovic, by Bayern on January 24.
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“It was a blow for me, when I was already on the ground. It’s like someone ripped my heart out“Explained the German international goalkeeper, who recently celebrated his 37th birthday.
For Hasan Salihamidzic, sporting director of Bayern Munich, “disappointmentexpressed by Manuel Neuer regarding the dismissal of Toni Tapalovic, “affects us too, because Manuel has put his personal interests above the interests of the club“, he explains in Bild am Sonntag.
“I understand that Manuel is personally affected. But as captain, I would have expected a different attitude from him.“, adds Salihamidzic, affirming that the “difficult decisionregarding Tapalovic had nothing to do with Neuer, “and we explained it to him“.
This media release from Neuer comes ten days before a shock in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League at the Parc des Princes against Paris SG. This makes Bayern have “with Manuel, one more very important topic to solve“says Salihamidzic.
“If there are going to be any consequences, we will first discuss them with Manuel“, specifies the sports director of Bayern. The Munich club is going through a strong zone of turbulence behind the scenes and saw Union Berlin temporarily take the lead in the championship on Saturday afternoon with a two-point lead (39 against 37) before Bayern’s trip to Wolfsburg on Sunday (5.30 p.m.) .