Hoeness: “Alaba dreamed of playing for Barcelona”

Uli Hoeness continues to speak despite taking a step back in the Bayern presidency. The former leader of the Bundesliga champion gave an interview to the German station Bayern 1 in which, as is usual when the now honorary president of the Bavarian team takes the floor, he does not bite his tongue. Hoeness expressed what he feels about Barcelona, ​​his Bayern rival in the Champions League debut which, to this day, he no longer considers a benchmark in the world of football. And he did not hesitate to express it during the previous clash at the Camp Nou.

Hoeness makes it clear that Barcelona, ​​for many years, was the club that his Bayern wanted to look like. Today, your opinion has drastically changed. “Barcelona is no longer a model for us, at all”, said the former player, referring above all to the financial difficulties of the Spanish club.

In this interview, Hoeness also revealed details about the transfer of David Alaba to Real Madrid. As the Munich legend explains, the Austrian international always dreamed of playing in LaLiga, yes, in a club that does not wear white. “David once told me: 'my dream is still to play for Barcelona'. So I said to him: 'Do you want to negotiate with the president or with the bankruptcy administrator?”Hoeness stressed.

As for Tuesday's game, the Munich myth considers that Bayern are “favorites, because Barcelona cannot be in top form due to the sale of several key players and financial problems”.