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It is a process that cannot be imagined in any other Bundesliga club.

A player of the club is an important part of the team, has been convincing for months with mostly good performances - and the long-time maker of the club, now honorary president, speaks out in front of an audience of millions against a return of this player to the national team.

It works at FC Bayern, this very special club. And it happened like that on Wednesday evening.

It's about Jérôme Boateng and Uli Hoeneß.

After the embarrassing 1: 2 (0: 1) of the German national team in the World Cup qualification against North Macedonia, Hoeneß, in his role as RTL expert, was asked about his assessment of the squad for the EM planned for summer.

The 69-year-old said: “I wouldn't take Boateng with me now.” You have “enough back there - especially if Mats Hummels is still around.

I liked Antonio Rüdiger, for example. ”National coach Joachim Löw kicked Boateng, Hummels and Thomas Müller out of the game two years ago as part of a radical change.

Hoeneß causes unrest at FCB

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As a TV expert, Hoeneß should stand for clear text.

But he cannot shake off his role as honorary president of the German record champions for these television appearances.

He is still, even without a managerial position, “Mr.

FC Bayern ”and will probably always be.

That's why his statements cause many fans and around the club to shake their heads.

With his statements, Hoeneß created a public issue and discussions that are causing unrest in Bavaria.

Now of all times.

Uli Hoeneß (left) was an RTL expert for the first time at the three World Cup qualifiers

Source: dpa / Henning Kaiser

The Munich have just enough worries and construction sites: Before the top game of the league against RB Leipzig on Saturday (6.30 p.m., in the sports ticker of WELT), their striker Robert Lewandowski was injured and will be out for up to four weeks, and Boateng and Alphonso are also Davies blocked against the Saxons.

On Wednesday Boateng and his colleagues will lay the foundation for the next round in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against Paris St. Germain.

And a few days beforehand, Hoeneß said something like that about "his" player.

Anyone can imagine how this is perceived by the player.

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That's the point.

Hoeneß sees FC Bayern as a family, but Boateng has apparently long since ceased to be one of them and does not see him as “his” player.

Two years ago he described the world champion as a "foreign body" and recommended a change of club to Boateng.

The apology was never asked, although Boateng was often convincing in sports.

Respectful interaction with one another, which Hoeneß always demands, looks different.

Boateng has been playing for Bayern for ten years, winning triple with them twice.

Boateng is a player Hoeneß doesn't understand.

Hoeneß cannot do anything with his lifestyle and his marketing.

The fact that other players market themselves in the same way or even more does not seem to play a role for Bavaria's honorary president.

Coach Hans-Dieter "Hansi" Flick, on the other hand, gets along very well with Boateng, both of whom appreciate each other very much.

No discussions with Boateng yet

Boateng's contract with the German record champions ends on June 30th.

Flick did not particularly like the fact that the sporting leadership around sports director Hasan Salihamidzic publicly gave the impression last year that talks about a new contract had a lot of time and Boateng had no perspective.

He stressed that it was too early to commit here.

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The last time it was said that there should be talks between FC Bayern and Boateng in March.

According to WELT information, there has been no exchange so far.

There are many indications that Boateng will change clubs in the summer.

He has received inquiries from top European leagues.

Bayern are currently negotiating with central defender Niklas Süle, whose whereabouts are also open until summer 2022 despite the contract.

Chelsea FC should be interested.

You should definitely give one of the two.

How Hoeneß stands up for players he likes became clear on this special football evening.

"I can't say more often that I think that Thomas Müller, for example, belongs in there," said Hoeneß about the EM squad.

“He's someone who often stands correctly in the opponent's six-yard area and pulls the team away.

You can always use him. "

According to Hoeneß, Löw could do without Boateng, Gosens, Marco Reus, Julian Brandt, Julian Draxler and Amin Younes.

Reus and Brandt have "not proven that they can decide games." Draxler had "not made any progress in Paris and cannot give the team any decisive impulses."

Hanging heads: Antonio Rüdiger and Joshua Kimmich (r.) After the defeat against North Macedonia

Source: dpa / Federico Gambarini

After the German defeat, Hoeneß also spoke about the constitution of the national team.

“All of my euphoria has evaporated a bit, especially when you assumed in advance that we would win this relatively easily.

I'm a little speechless, ”he said.

The 1974 world champion had no sympathy for Löw's system change.

In the two qualifying victories against Iceland (3: 0) and Romania (1: 0) last week, Löw relied on a back four in defense.

Against North Macedonia, he surprisingly switched to a defensive row with the very offensive Gosens on the left wing.

“Gosens didn't convince me.

For me, this is a player who is not really needed.

Neuhaus is okay.

Younes is playing well in Frankfurt.

But I dare to doubt whether he is a national player who will help the team, ”said Hoeneß.

And also criticized national coach Löw.

“If you don't hit the front, then at least you have to stand securely behind.

But they were very open defensively, especially in the center.

Both goals were so good, ”he said.

“I don't understand why you should change such a successful two-game system.

I wouldn't have mixed up anything in the defense, which has to be well-rehearsed. ”Many experts and fans agree with Hoeneß on this point.

"Not a good week for Bayern Munich"

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Hoeneß also spoke on Wednesday evening about his worries about Saturday.

“It's not a good week for Bayern Munich.

Nobody from Leipzig is playing today, ours are.

In addition, the injury to Robert Lewandowski.

This is just a big bummer for us.

It is usually the case that when national players injure themselves in the national team, the doctors downplay that and the clubs then have to bear the consequences. ”What gives him hope for the top game?

"We Bavarians grow together in difficult situations, I am building on that for Saturday."

In any case, Hoeneß would take with him the talents Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz, who were nominated for the first time before this international match trip.

“At a tournament you can get a taste of the big wide world of football.

They don't have to play yet, they have to be ready in Qatar or at the latest at the EM 2024. "