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Hasan, called "Brazzo", Salihamidzic
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Hasan Salihamidzic said a very astonishing sentence in an interview with the TV broadcaster Sky on Sunday.
He said he was relieved that in his role as sports director of Bayern Munich he no longer had to deal directly with Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Uli Hoeneß.
"You had to be very careful not to hurt either of them." Now, on the other hand, he could "just express my opinion as it is and not have to be considerate."
Salihamidzic has been sports director of FC Bayern Munich since 2017, and was promoted to director of sports in 2020.
After four years in the job as a manager, as the superior of the head coaches Niko Kovac, Hansi Flick and Julian Nagelsmann, he can now finally give his opinion.
After all these years of being silent.
When Bayern boss Rummenigge had woven his favorite phrase "At the end of the day" into one of his statements and Salihamidzic had to resist the hint that it was only morning after all.
When Hoeneß had praised his sports director as "independent and with his own opinion" and he had to stand by, his head full of comments.
When Rummenigge compared him "with the young Uli Hoeneß".
What could you have said about it?
But he wasn't allowed to: "One person often said A, the other B. Then I had to make a statement in between that didn't hurt anyone."
At last he no longer has to make a murder pit out of his heart, he can say what really moves him.
Finally he can let it out, how things really stand about the contract extension with national player Leon Goretzka: "I'm in good spirits."
The truth about Leroy Sané is finally coming to light: “I believe in him and we will have a lot of fun with him.
He has all the qualities and I will be happy when he returns now full of self-confidence. "
At last there is no longer anybody talking about the bush when it comes to newcomer Marcel Sabitzer: “Marcel fits the profile perfectly.
We decided together with the coach that we would bring Marcel to Munich.
We always try to strengthen our team in a targeted manner. "
Salihamidzic has finally and definitely arrived at Bayern.
Courageous, determined, strong-willed, how he dares to go off the defensive and tackle Borussia Dortmund.
Rummenigge and Hoeneß would never have dared to do that.
It was irritating that Dortmund's Marco Reus left the national team early due to injury, but was then fit again in the league, he said on Sunday.
Attack Department!
It was the great actor Alec Guinness who once said: "Not many people can afford the greatest luxury there is on earth: their own opinion."
And how does BVB react?
Sports director Michael Zorc says, "Salihamidzic should shut up."
Oh, what a shame, Salihamidzic had only just started.
