“Absolute character disaster’: Kruse attacks ex-Bayern coach – and gets headwind. Kovac himself reacted to Kruse's criticism in clear words: "The person who said something said more about himself than about us and me" Wolfsburg sports director Jörg Schmadtke: "I have the feeling that Max Kruse has a disturbed perception.

The fact that people like him talk about character leaves me helpless,” he told the Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung.