Uli Hoeneß has caused a stir with a curious anecdote from the Tuchel era – and at the same time once again criticized the former FC Bayern coach
Honorary President Uli Hoeneß revealed a remarkable story from Thomas Tuchel’s time at FC Bayern in the podcast „Auf eine weiß-blaue Tasse“ – and lashed out at the current England coach
„He once asked Stanisic if he could speak German, but he was born here,“ explained Hoeneß, making his astonishment at the situation clear. For the long-time Bayern manager, this is an example of fundamental deficits: „These are all things that don’t work. And that’s the big difference.“
Curious scene involving Stanisic
The statement is particularly surprising because Josip Stanisic was born in Munich and has been part of FC Bayern for years. Although the defender plays internationally for Croatia, he is naturally at home in German
Stanisic has been under contract with the record champions since 2017, completed a large part of his training in Munich and knows the club very well. However, he hardly played a role under Tuchel and was loaned out to Bayer Leverkusen in the meantime, where he even won the championship
Since his return, the 26-year-old has once again become an integral part of the team under Vincent Kompany
Hoeneß praises Kompany – criticism of Tuchel
Hoeneß also used the anecdote to highlight the current coach: „Two things are important. This coach makes every player better. And I’ve never seen him lead a press conference and say: I need a left-back, I need a right-back, as was the case under Tuchel.“
At the same time, the 74-year-old clearly criticized his former coach’s public communication: „If they didn’t play well, he never questioned himself, it was always the team’s fault: ‚It won’t work with the right-back, Kimmich isn’t such a good player either'“
Tuchel also made clear statements about other players, which were not always well received internally
Different approaches to squad planning
A central point of criticism from Hoeneß remains the transfer policy under Tuchel, who repeatedly demanded new players instead of relying on existing solutions: „In contrast, we wanted to try to work with more of our own players in the medium term. When I think about how many expensive players were repeatedly demanded. Every time we had an injured player, there were calls for new players.“
This is different under Kompany: the Belgian works more with the existing squad and develops players instead of publicly demanding reinforcements.