Manuel Neuer or Alexander Nübel - who will be the FC Bayern goal in the future? A former national goalkeeper now spoke to Tacheles.
- FCB goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is just outstanding.
- In summer Schalke goalkeeper Alexander Nübel changes to Bayern.
- Is there a changing of the guard? A former DFB keeper becomes clear.
Munich - world championships for Manuel Neuer (33)! FC Bayern's goalkeeper showed several brilliant saves at the 4: 1 in Cologne, counterpart Jerome Boateng then ennobled the man with whom he had won the 2014 World Cup title in Brazil as "without a doubt the best goalkeeper in the world". Roman Weidenfeller (39) was equally enthusiastic on Sunday evening: The ex-Dortmund player was the triumph of Rio Neuers substitute - and for many years with Munich the title competitor with BVB .
Weidefeller on Manuel Neuer (FCB) in Cologne: "Absolute top goalkeeper"
“Manuel is an absolute top goalkeeper. I think he is playing a really good season after a long misery, ”said Weidenfeller of tz on the sidelines of the Laureus Awards in Berlin. "He is the strong backing of his team and there when he is needed." Neuer is a long way from saying goodbye to Munich or being demoted to number two. It is all the more surprising that Schalke goalkeeper Alexander Nübel (23) changes to Bayern in the summer. Weidenfeller: "It was also a surprising decision for me, but he wants to take the next step."
The 39-year-old knows what he is talking about. In 2002 he moved from 1. FC Kaiserslautern to BVB, where Jens Lehmann was the regular. Weidenfeller initially needed patience, but became Dortmund's number one (over 450 games) and a national player.
Bayern Munich: Possible goalkeeper solution has a problem
Weidenfeller considers it questionable that Nübel will succeed in changing the guard. “You hear that Manuel wants to extend the contract. If he continues to show his performance so consistently, I don't think anything will change in the constellation, ”he said. Neuer, whose contract expires in the summer of 2021, is in fact facing an extension in Munich - for another two years.
The solution to the Munich luxury problem at the goalkeeper position could be a division of tasks between Neuer and Nübel. The problem: The Bayern captain put a stop to a constant change of personnel and made it clear that he always wanted to play. Weidenfeller says: “From my own experience, I know how difficult it is to be allowed to score only for individual games. You have to perform immediately, but have no practice. You need the feeling of standing on the field and working with the defense. Hundredths of seconds and centimeters count. We all know that Manuel wants to play every single game. ”Like back then in Brazil ...
Jonas Austermann