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By: Christoph Klaucke
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Manuel Neuer is asked about Xabi Alonso in the mixed zone after the win against Leipzig.
The Bayern captain breaks off the interview.
Munich – FC Bayern was able to celebrate another sense of achievement with the last-minute win against Leipzig.
After three bankruptcies in a row, the separation from coach Thomas Tuchel was announced at the end of the season.
Of course, despite the liberation against the Saxons after the game, it was also about the coaching question.
Captain Manuel Neuer was therefore even forced to cancel an interview.
Manuel Neuer is asked about Xabi Alonso as the new Bayern coach
During the week it was announced that FC Bayern and Tuchel would be going their separate ways starting in the summer.
As a result, there was immediate speculation about a successor, and several top trainers are on the list.
Xabi Alonso has probably emerged as the ideal solution.
After the Leipzig game, Manuel Neuer was asked about the Leverkusen coach, as
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reported.
Manuel Neuer takes on responsibility as captain of FC Bayern.
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Bayern captain Neuer breaks off interview because of coaching question
“Last question, you played with him.
Would Xabi Alonso be a coach for FC Bayern?” asked a journalist in the mixed zone.
The question caused Bayern press spokesman Dieter Nickles to intervene, he shouted in the interview: “This is going too far!
Please stop!” Even after the Lazio defeat, when the irritated Bayern coach Tuchel blocked all questions about his future, Nickles intervened at the press conference.
Neuer then reacted and did not answer the question, instead changing the subject and saying: “How are you?”
Congratulations on the win.” Shortly before the Bayern captain leaves the mixed zone with Nickles and ends the interview, he high-fives the journalist.
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Bayern press spokesman intervenes in Neuer's coaching question
The scene was observed in the mixed zone by
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football boss Christian Falk, who explained it on the
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program on Welt TV: “Of course it's a sensitive question, but you have to be allowed to ask it.
They ended up playing together.
Neuer was very perplexed, a bit offended, as if they were trying to trick him.
Manuel Neuer left us a bit angry after that.” Xabi Alonso played with Neuer at FC Bayern from 2014 until the end of his career in 2017.
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expert Alfred Draxler also
drew a harsh conclusion: “This is simply a description of the status of FC Bayern in 2024. Chaos and incomprehensible.
Bayern have to stop talking and chatting and start playing football again." The Bayern keeper had previously appeared in an interview with Sky. Neuer was honest after Tuchel's exit: "Everyone had a bad conscience “.
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