Uli Hoeness has dedicated almost his entire life to Bayern Munich. He arrived as a player from Ulm at the age of 18 and, apart from a short loan spell at Nuremberg towards the end of his career, he spent his entire playing daysn Munich. Later, as an executive, he worked his way up to become the club’s honorary president. Although he is no longer actively involved in Bayern’s operations, Hoeness’s words still carry significant weight and respect. In an interview with the German T-portal, he spoke on several current topics concerning the Munich club.🚨🧨 Uli Hoeneß has once again made it clear that he wants to see Florian Wirtz at FC Bayern!“If I’m allowed to have a dream, then I would say that Florian Wirtz has to join FC Bayern. If, alongside Musiala, Wirtz were to play for Bayern someday, we could look to the future… pic.twitter.com/U1F9cCyLyX— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) February 4, 2025 One of the key topics was Bayern’s decision to part ways with Julian Nagelsmann while the club was still in contention for the title. Now Hoeness said it was done too quickly and too easily.”The hasty dismissal of Nagelsmann was a huge mistake, one that the management board did not agree with. It led to turbulence at a time when we still had a chance to win the treble. It wasn’t a catastrophic situation. We knew what could have happened if Julian had been given more time. I would have liked to see the club handle that situation with more patience”.Bambi stays in MunichHoeness also shared his thoughts on Thomas Tuchel’s tenure at the club which ended with losing the Bundesliga title to Bayer Leverkusen.”Privately, our relationship was excellent until the end of his time at Bayern. However, in many ways, his vision of how the team should look and be structured was completely different from mine. He wanted to make a large number of transfers, whereas we wanted to focus more on working with the players we already had. Just thinking about how many expensive players we called… Every time a player got injured, we immediately started calling new ones. There was constant debate about transfers. That’s something I never heard from Vincent Kompany,” Hoeness noted.It is not over yet! Germany and Bayern legend still in actionThe legendary former player and executive is satisfied with the club’s current situation and believes that talk of winning the treble is absurd.”I feel that Bayern is more stable now than in the last few years. And all this talk about winning the treble is nonsense. The most important thing is to win the Bundesliga title. Just look—Dortmund advanced in the Champions League, yet no one talks about it. That’s because they are 22 points behind us in the Bundesliga. And people laughed at me when I said in November that Dortmund was not a title contender. Back then, the gap was 12 points; now it’s 22. For me, the domestic championship is the ultimate measure—if we win the league, the season is a success” he explained.Hoeness upset many when he stated in November that Bayern would definitely be champions.”I said that because I firmly believe we will be champions. I still think that way. But context matters. The question was whether Bayern could win the treble this season. My response was that no one can guarantee that, but I was sure—and I promised—that we would win the Bundesliga. And that Bayer Leverkusen would be our biggest rival until the end”.Bayern’s supremo: ‘I can promise you the German championship’Speaking of the current league champions, the subject of Florian Wirtz was inevetable. Hoeness doesn‘t hide that he likes the German international very much but also emphasized the importance of Jamal Muisala.”He is a fantastic player with incredible talent. His personality is also very important for Bayern because he is a footballer who truly entertains the fans. It’s a beautiful story that we want to continue nurturing. And just imagine if Florian Wirtz played alongside Musiala. Wirtz is a player we must not lose sight of. We can dream about him. If I could wish for one thing to come true, it would be to see Florian in a Bayern jersey. But that’s just my opinion” Hoeness said.DFB POKAL – GERMAN CUPQuarter-finalsTuesday22:45: (1.48) Stuttgart (4.40) Augsburg (6.75)Wednesday22:45: (1.25) Leverkusen (6.50) Koln (10.5)***odds are subject to change***
