The relationship between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund has improved considerably compared to the countless darts that did not stop flying from the south to the west of Germany and vice versa not so many years ago. Uli Hoeness, Honorary President of the Bavarian team, seems to have missed the tension between the two most powerful teams in Germany And he took advantage of an interview with the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung to lash out at the BVB's transfer philosophy, which he does not consider to be up to the standards of the city due to the constant purchases and sales of the club.
“When Dortmund sign a very talented player and perform well, one perceives within a few months from inside or outside the club that he will become an object of sale one day,” said Hoeness about the alleged tendency of the Borusser team to love cash in on your most valuable players instead of trying to retain your best footballers. Hoeness added: “How will a player internalize the club's DNA one hundred percent when he feels that he is nothing more than a mere object of sale? There is no such thing in our club. We signed players for Bayern; and never in order to do business with them. “
According to the legendary former Bayern manager, this type of philosophy has negative consequences for the performance of the black-yellow players. “A player has to feel like he is from Bayern forever,” continued the former president of the five-time European champion until last winter, naming Robert Lewandowski as the best example. “He sat with me two years ago in the summer and said, 'Mister Hoeness, it is imperative that I speak to Pini Zahavi.' He was his new agent. I replied: 'With pleasure, my next free appointment is September 3, “he concluded. It was the first day after the summer market closed, implying to Lewy that he was not going to sell to Real Madrid.
Of course, the Borusser ability to find and convince the greatest talents in Europe was also praised by Hoeness. “In sponsoring, they don't even get to the tip of the shoe, but in that way they have managed to match the economic advantage we had in a considerable way,” said Hoeness, who also revealed that his Bayern was about to snatch Jadon Sancho in Your day: “We had it all worked out with Sancho, but at the last moment he opted for Dortmund,” he concluded., sending messages to Dortmund that, surely, will not be long in being answered.
Michael Zorc's tough response
Michael Zorc, sports director of Borussia and, thus, the main person in charge of the club's transfer policy, answered Hoeness's words at a press conference quite harshly. “The statements seem quite arrogant to me, but many in fact are objectively false. It is very easy to give lessons with your pockets full when, year after year, you have 250 million more euros in your pocket”, replied the borusser honcho at Hoeness's unexpected departure of tone.