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Bayern Munich legend Lothar Matthaus doesn’t like the Bavarians’ new recruitment policy at all.
Former German football great Lothar Matthäus is surprised by Bayern’s new propensity to shop in the Premier League. He also deplores the fact that we let the French international, Benjamin Pavard, leave.
“Bayern should not recruit second knives”
The 1990 Ballon d’Or criticized the loan of Tottenham defender Eric Dier and the attempted acquisition of Newcastle full-back Kieran Trippier. “Bayern needs more depth and reinforcements, but are these players reinforcements? Eric Dier wasn’t necessarily a key player at Tottenham recently. I remember Uli Hoeness (honorary president of Bayern) once said: ‘We will no longer bring in players who are on the bench at other clubs.’ The last transfer seems different.”
He then added: “Kieran Trippie would be the same thing. For me, it’s not Bayern Munich. Bayern should focus on reinforcements or young players. Aleksander Pavlovic remained on the bench against Bremen and did not come on. When he played, he was always outstanding.”
Pavard left a big void at Bayern
The former playmaker then concluded by emphasizing that Bayern made a huge difference by letting Benjamin Pavard slip away during the preceding transfer window. “Bayern Munich has very good young players and Christoph Freund (Bayern sporting director) is responsible for them. He has a good network. During the summer it was said: “We can let (Benjamin) Pavard and (Josip) Stanisic go and take someone else instead”, and they didn’t take anyone else . As a result, they have problems at right-back and in the center. They said to themselves: ‘We’ll manage this.’ No, they reacted too late. The team can’t find each other.”
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