Flick with tough announcement to Bayern bosses: "You can't write off such a player"

Hansi Flick is plagued by personnel worries in central defense at Bayern with a view to the coming season.

The Bayern coach takes a clear position.

• Hansi Flick

  * is still at the top of the table with FC Bayern

• With

  David Alaba

  *

  and

  Jérôme Boateng

  , two defensive top performers could leave the club.

• Especially in the Boateng case, Flick is now showing a clear edge.

Munich - Even if

with

left

points against

yesterday at home

, the German

continue to

greet

from the top of the Bundesliga * table.

In his second year with

55-year-old has to

grapple with further future personnel concerns.

Hansi Flick: will David Alaba stay with Bayern?

- "Should take responsibility"

The contracts of the center-back duo

and

expire at the end of the current season and

could thus lose two absolute leaders and top performers in the defensive headquarters.

The

spoke in an interview with Welt am Sonntag about the possible

two defensive pillars in the team of the reigning

.

In the case of the Austrian,

appeals

primarily to his personal responsibility and asked

to make a decision.

“David is a very fine person and a brilliant football player.

He is very popular with the

and holds them together.

David should take responsibility and decide for himself what is important to him. "

Hansi Flick becomes clear at Boateng: "You can't write off such a player"

However,

becomes much clearer

on the subject of

.

In contrast to

, the 2014 world champion should not have received a contract offer from

.

However,

does not want to confirm

that Munich is no longer planning with the 32-year-old

.

“

I didn't hear

that there was

no more planning

with

,” emphasized the

and then spoke plainly.

“He helped us a lot with his attitude.

You can't write off such a player. "

A clear

to

, who has been with

for nine years

.

However

, the 55-year-old leaves it open

whether

would even stand in the way of a possible departure of the

in the club.

"It is very early to make decisions here."

Understanding for Jogi Löw: Flick understands Boateng and Müller's dismantling

Despite these clear statements about

,

also shows understanding that the 32-year-old was

out of

the

by

and describes the decision as legitimate.

"Jogi decided to do it, and I absolutely understand that he is sticking to his decision," says Flick.

For FC Bayern there was also something positive about this move, as

and

could concentrate fully on the tasks and challenges in the club.

So it remains to be seen whether

will still be able to perform for

in the coming year

.

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