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EFE
The member of the supervisory board and historic footballer and manager of Bayern Munich, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, has assured that the increasing number of matches on the football calendar It is because the players demand “wages increasingly older“.
In an interview with the sports magazine ‘Kicker’, the retired forward stressed that this claim forces “the clubs to generate income“also “increasingly”, which, in his opinion, come from disputing”more games”
“The players and their advisors have fallen into this trap“said Rummenigge, at the same time that he stressed that “it would be good for all those involved they will sit at the table and discuss without emotion what mechanisms” they need “to achieve more serious and rational times, also in business.”
As Jan-Christian Dreesen, executive director of the Bavarian club, stated last week, the former president also expressed himself supporter of the new club World Cup format: “This tournament, which will be held for the first time in this way next year, will inspire people. It will be a good tournament, I am convinced. And it only takes place every four years, so you must not forget it.”
Praise for Kompany
In another order of affairs, Rummenigge He was “very happy in sporting terms” with the work carried out at the start of the season by the new coach, the Belgian. Vincent Kompany, since, with him on the bench, he assures that they have “found their way back to a positive and fun culture.”
“I like this high pressure. It reminds me of the times of Jupp Heynckes, Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti or Hansi Flick, when we celebrated this kind of fun football. Not only has our game become attractive again, but you can also feel the joy of the spectators in the stadium and the players,” said the former player.
In that sense, he stressed that “it is a double effect that was not present last season”, alluding to the time of the previous coach and new English coach. Thomas Tuchel, and that “this is the great achievement of Kompany, who convinced the players with his way of playing football.”
Asked about how the hiring of the Belgian was forged, Rummenigge placed emphasis on his conversations with the Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola, former coach of Bayern and Kompany himself at the British club, in which he recommended his signing.
“Max Eberl – the club’s sporting director – asked me to talk to him, since I am a very good friend of Pep. I told Pep that I needed an analysis that was authentic and honest. We then spoke on the phone for almost two hours. To shorten the conclusion: he said that he was one hundred percent convinced that Vincent Kompany was absolutely the right coach for Bayern,” he explained.
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The one who was Ballon d’Or He stressed that “the frequent rejections”, in reference to the refusals received by the technicians surveyed by Bayern after the departure of Tuchel, “which unfortunately Max Eberl had to accept, made them, according to Rummenigge, go after the coach in the end.” that “exactly” they needed.
“There are two decisive factors: The team has fun with their way of playing football and so do the fans. Soccer has to be fun. This is precisely why children play football in the street. And that can also be seen in our team. Sometimes fate helps you.”
