Guardiola wanted Neuer to line up in midfield - goalkeeper reacts icy cold: "I have ..."

Pep Guardiola actually wanted Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to place in the midfield. Now the captain has reacted to the crazy plan.

• Pep Guardiola collected some titles with Bayern Munich.
• Now CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has unearthed a very special anecdote.
• Manuel Neuer should play a game - but not as a goalkeeper.

Update from February 7 : Pep Guardiola wanted to line up Manuel Neuer as a midfielder - the response to this change would have been gigantic. After winning the DFB Cup against Hoffenheim, the Bayern captain commented on it.

Would he have been involved? "I don't know how long. Now he is City coach, let's see what happens, ”he said casually. So will it eventually come to a career as a field player? "Not under every trainer," said Neuer dryly.

The issue of midfield is not completely off the table for @Manuel_Neuer. But: only under conditions. Respect for the opponent is particularly important to him. #FCBTSG @ SPORT1 pic.twitter.com/6EyvY5T8s4

Then he became more serious and explained that it was about respect. "I always respect my opponent. Perhaps it is about important points against relegation or a European competition. Then you can't do things like that, ”he clarified.

Neuer may soon get a teammate to help FCB on the pitch - President Herbert Hainer commented on the crazy rumors surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo.

Rummenigge with crazy Guardiola anecdote: Manuel Neuer should play - but not as a goalkeeper

First report from February 4 : Munich - The Pep Guardiola era had many things that a Bayern fan had wished for on a dreary autumn day in 2019: remarkable football, glamor, goals, title *. Well - some of these components have been back at FC Bayern since Hansi Flick * was promoted.

It is now clear to many fans of Munich that there is no better one than Flick . President Herbert Hainer also recently advocated that he be allowed to stay longer - if the results are still right. The rational thinker is rather not a fan of experiments. Pep Guardiola apparently already, as an incredible anecdote from his tenure in Bavaria now proves.

Bayern Munich: Pep Guardiola wanted to line up Manuel Neuer in midfield

What was the plan? As CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge wrote in his preface to the latest issue of Bayern magazine "51", the successful coach had a very special plan with goalkeeper Manuel Neuer .

“I still remember how Pep Guardiola, after winning a championship, seriously came up with the idea of ​​putting him up for a midfield game. It was difficult for me to dissuade Pep from this idea, ”wrote Rummenigge. I beg your pardon?! Manu, the Libero - sure. Neuer reinvented the goalkeeper game, has always acted far from his box and occasionally affords himself a courageous trip. But is it really a Bundesliga game in midfield ?

MANU IN THE MIDDLE !!! Oh #Pep, a fantastic idea - how I would have loved to see it !!!
Kalle, what have you done ???
From his foreword in the new @ FCBayern magazine: pic.twitter.com/BrRc4ITjdK

Now it is not clear whether this story is actually true. Rummenigge goes back to the idea in his foreword - an indication that it was really serious? Guardiola's idea “some of us might have interpreted us as arrogance. But I am convinced that Manu would have done well in midfield too, ”he said.

It is inconceivable how the football world would have reacted to this line-up - but it would have been interesting to see new players on the field. Maybe he would have even met? At least that would not have been unusual for Bayern Munich . With Hans-Jörg Butt there was already a keeper in the squad * who scored one or two goals - even if it was only a penalty.

Manuel Neuer in midfield? Pep Guardiola once had a crazy plan at Bayern Munich

Whether Hansi Flick is considering setting up Neuer in the field? He has other problems against Hoffenheim. Who does he let go after Ivan Perisic is injured? Here is the live ticker for the DFB Cup game.

Newer contract, like that of Thomas Müller, expires in 2021. However, a piquant rule could ensure that he cannot plan long-term despite the contract being extended.

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