In the debate about the cast in the goal of the German national football team, the president of FC Bayern Munich, Uli Hoeneß, according to "sports image" threatened with a boycott of the DFB team. Asked about a possible scenario that Manuel Neuer could be replaced by substitute goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen, the magazine cites the departing Bayern boss with the words: "Before that takes place, we will not turn off national team anymore."
When asked if the situation between Neuer and ter Stegen to the replacement of the then original goalkeeper Oliver Kahn before the 2006 World Cup by Jens Lehmann remember, Hoeness responded, according to the magazine after the Champions League match against Red Star Belgrade in the previous week "No, but we'll never accept that this is a change."
On SPIEGEL demand, Hoeneß confirmed that she had said the sentences, but just a week ago. Now relativized the 67-year-old threat. In an answer from his office it says: "Immediately after our CL match against Belgrade, Mr Hoeneß has made statements on the national team's discussions about the number one, which he would not do anymore with some distance." The topic is for him done long ago and there are no further statements from him. "
Löw does not want to be influenced
The publicly played goalkeeping dispute between Bayern and national team captain Neuer and ter Stegen from FC Barcelona, both Hoeneß and Bayern's CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge had already expressed. The latter had criticized national coach Joachim Loew indirectly and called for "gratitude". Hoeneß had expected more support from the DFB. It was "obvious that only Manuel is number one."
DFB director Oliver Bierhoff had already reacted to the first Bayern criticism with incomprehension. The "sports picture," he said, he feared in view of the boycott threat no problems in the player's standoff: "Especially since a club is required by Fifa statutes to shutdown."
Löw himself did not want to be put under pressure by the criticism of Bayern in the past week. The "Bild am Sonntag" said the 59-year-old: "I do not let myself be influenced by something like that, which makes me look completely relaxed into the future." Neuer also checked the matter off. "For me, the topic has been through anyway, that's what I said," he said after the 4-0 against 1. FC Cologne.