According to a report from Sport Bild journalist Tobi Altschäffl (as captured by @iMiaSanMia), Bayern Munich held a “Leadership Summit” last week with 120 key employees of the club.
While that, in and of itself, is not necessarily news, Uli Hoeneß made it newsworthy by engaging in one of his favorite pastimes — dragging Thomas Tuchel:
On Monday & Tuesday last week, there was a big meeting at Allianz Arena called ‘Leadership Summit’, where Bayern bosses spoke in front of around 120 employees to discuss the current state of the club. Uli Hoeneß gave a speech where he praised Vincent Kompany and criticized his predecessor Thomas Tuchel harshly.
So…what did Hoeneß say? Let’s check it out:
Hoeneß is said to have said that Tuchel was a ‘catastrophe’ for the club – the ‘entertainment value’ was completely lost due to his style of football, which annoyed the honorary president. In addition, there were problems in the atmosphere within the team. After he criticized Tuchel, Hoeneß heaped praises on Kompany, who had already impressed him from their first meeting where the coach said: ‘We have to work hard again’.
One other point that Hoeneß noted was that Bayern Munich is back to being entertaining once again — and in doing so, offered a staunch defense of Kompany to the critics, who have targeted the manager of late:
For Hoeneß, Bayern is also a ‘showbusiness’, and the entertainment is being provided by Kompany’s style of play. Hoeneß is totally convinced of the path the Belgian coach is taking at Bayern. Hoeneß was therefore also annoyed that Kompany’s style was being questioned after the last 3 winless games. ‘FC Bayern cannot always win the Champions League’, he explained and criticized the media that sees Bayern too critically from his point of view.
There is no word on whether or not Hoeneß has made himself available to speak at other corporate events, but if he can put Bob from Human Resources on blast, we might need to start a GoFundMe to bring him in.
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