Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told the probably most emotional anecdote in a long time on Sky live on TV.
It's about Thiago and a lot of tears.
Thiago
leaves Bayern Munich for Liverpool.
His departure from the Bundesliga was emotional.
CEO
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
underlined this again live on TV.
Munich -
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was a
guest
at
Sky90
.
On Sunday, September 20th, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was
sitting on the couch
during the new free TV show on
Sky Sport News HD
by Patrick Wasserziehr.
The CEO was invited together with Lothar Matthäus and Anna Kraft (Eurosport).
Rummenigge spoke about the current situation at
FC Bayern
and many other controversial topics.
FC Bayern: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge with an emotional anecdote
Of course, it was about the
transfer Posse
of
David Alaba
.
After “greedy piranha” (Uli Hoeneß), Rummenigge described it with the words: “It's not just Koi carp swimming around” *. The
start against Schalke
(ticker for reading) was also a big topic of conversation. However, it became a topic really emotional: the farewell to crowd favorite
Thiago
and the associated move to
Liverpool.
FC Bayern: Thiago caught Rummenigge in the parking lot
Thiago will play for
Jürgen Klopp's
club in the future
.
Bayern would have liked to hold him, but ultimately they didn't want to put any obstacles in Thiago's way.
“I would like to add to Thiago.
The
transfer was
finally processed on Thursday.
When I got into the garage ten minutes later, it was in the place where I always park.
And then I thought: 'What is he doing here now?' ", Introduced Rummenigge, before revealing the emotional confession.
“And then he came up to me and hugged me for
five minutes and cried.
He just said: 'Thank you for letting me do that.' "
FC Bayern: "It's a big loss" - Rummenigge on Thiago
The Bayern boss is also said to have had a
tear in his eye
.
He has only positive things left for the Spaniard.
“Thiago is a great person and always a first-class player for Bayern Munich.
In Lisbon, in particular, it has proven its quality.
And that he is leaving us now is a
great loss.
Qualitatively on the pitch, but also as a person.
Still, we accepted that he wanted to try something new.
But he behaved very well, ”says Rummenigge.
“The tears came to me too.
I've always been very close.
He also lived in Grünwald and there you always run into each other.
We had an almost family relationship, ”admits the FCB boss.
Will there be similar scenes
with a possible
Alaba farewell
?
(ank) * tz.de is part of the Ippen network.
"5 minutes of crying" - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge about saying goodbye to Thiago.
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