“Would then also stand by it”: Matthew reiterates criticism – and rows back

“I would also stand by it”
Matthew reinforces criticism – and yet rows back

FC Bayern Munich and Lothar Matthäus are at odds with each other over how to deal with Julian Nagelsmann – and document it with changing protagonists through all possible channels. No statement goes uncommented. It goes on – with a small step back.

Lothar Matthäus has reiterated his criticism of Bundesliga soccer team FC Bayern Munich. “I believe that the statements made by the Bayern bosses regarding the chronology of the separation from Julian Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel’s commitment were not reproduced correctly,” wrote Matthäus in his Sky column. However, the 62-year-old made it clear that he had not accused the Bayern bosses of lying: “If I had accused someone of lying, I would also stand by it. But I haven’t.”

CEO Oliver Kahn had firmly rejected the accusation made by Matthäus: “We have always told the truth,” he said on Sunday on the TV station “Bild”. “I don’t know what Lothar, as he says, sees, hears or even feels.” President Herbert Hainer had said about Matthäus’ accusation: “I am privy to the various events myself. His allegations are far away. There is absolutely no reason to doubt Oliver Kahn’s words. I don’t understand why Lothar is making such an allegation.”

“Everything is fine from my side”

However, Matthäus backtracked a little when he said that the record German soccer champion had trampled on the “Mia san mia”. He may have phrased this a little too harshly. “But I’ve been hearing for a long time that the warmth of the nest was lived more in the past. I didn’t mean anything else by that. It’s more business than a feeling. That’s also quite normal, because the world, football and work are all in one big club have changed.” Christmas or company celebrations like in the past are no longer possible today, explained Matthäus. “Because this club has become a global corporation with a large number of employees.”

The 1990 world champion wrote that he did not have to reconcile with Munich’s CEO Oliver Kahn after the dispute. “Everything is fine from my side, and the next time I see him, I will shake his hand respectfully as always.” A good human contact is more important to him “than the constant secondary theaters of war,” wrote Matthäus. “And yet it must be allowed to criticize and analyze the work of the club.” In his own way as an expert or columnist, he would “not allow himself to be bent”.

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