FC Bayern München

To some, it was easy to see why Bayern Munich might want the former Ajax star, but it was also confounding to thinking about how he would get any playing time.

While there were no fights (that we are aware of) during practice, there was some frustration and things did get physical today at Bayern Munich’s training session. Manager Thomas Tuchel was so angry at the way his team was practicing and how many times he had to correct mistakes, that he grabbed a training pole, and snapped it half.

In the summer transfer window of 2022, Barça made a splash by making a successful play for Bayern’s legendary number nine, Robert Lewandowski — despite having former Arsenal FC man Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang already at the position, having signed him from the London club on a free. Question about funding and financial levers swirled all summer long, and eventually, in January, Aubameyang was sold off to Chelsea FC.

Being “FC Hollywood”, Bayern Munich are no stranger to mild controversies, and none have been more...

However, a new report from Sky Germany has suggested that Hoeness is still very much involved in the influence of important decisions behind the scenes at the club. He’s never been known as a character to hold his tongue in any situation as he speaks his mind quite freely, even if he hold an unpopular opinion, but it is, perhaps, a little bit surprising, or not surprising at all, how much influence he still has it what was assumed to be a more reserved role.

“Dayot Upamecano is injured, he has a muscle strain and will be out for about two weeks. Leon Goretzka has a bruise on his knee, but should be available. Kingsley Coman didn’t train today either, but should be there too. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is out,” said Tuchel (as captured by @iMiaSanMia). “Hertha is unpredictable with the change of coach. That’s why we have one more reason to focus completely on ourselves. Nothing is easy for us at the moment. The situation is crystal clear. We have to deliver, regardless of the situation of the opponent.”

– Sport Bild’s Tobi Altschäffl and Christian Falk via Twitter account @iMiaSanMia

According to a report from Bild (as captured by @iMiaSanMia), the Bayern Munich players not happy about how they have been characterized during the team’s collapse:

According to reporters Tobi Altschäffl and Christian Falk, as captured by @iMiaSanMia, CEO Oliver Kahn will announce a record breaking turnover of 835 million euros for the 2022/23 fiscal year to the supervisory board in an upcoming meeting. Considering Bayern announced a turnover of 665.7 million euros for the 2021/22 fiscal year, the increase in turnover is utterly staggering. That is about a 25% increase. Of course, anyone who knows even a little about how businesses work knows that the money cannot just be spent on the transfer market.

Dogged by rumors surrounding the status of the club’s current executives, including CEO Oliver Kahn, the new Bayern manager kept a positive outlook.