Mr. Nagelsmann, have you actually seen a man in the crew cabin this summer who shouldn't be there?

Christopher Meltzer

Sports correspondent in Munich.

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I do not think so.

What about the "Critic Caretaker"?

Do you know who this is?

No, honestly not.

In March, Thomas Müller said: "Sometimes we have to be careful not to let the criticism caretaker into the dressing room too much."

I can imagine what Thomas means.

You have to take a critical look at things, but you also have to let a narrow victory stand as such.

We have to deal well with critical reporting, because Bayern Munich will always have that.

But we shouldn't fall into this sometimes dramatic vocabulary ourselves.

Because it paints things a little darker than they are.

As a coach in Munich, you have to deal with criticism all the time.

Especially if you lose to Villarreal in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

What mistakes did you make in your first season?

As a coach, I'm where I am today because I've had success through a certain philosophy in training.

through various exercises.

Through complex exercises.

Through deliberately sometimes overtaxing exercises.

By extreme provocation of tactical behaviors in training to adapt to the next opponent.

At Bayern, the players weren't used to it.

In the really big clubs, you tend not to adapt to your opponent that much.

For me it was never a sign of weakness, but I will deviate somewhat from my path in the new season.

We will shorten the opponent preparation.

We don't want to conform that much anymore.

In the second half of the season we lost a bit of faith in the variable game.

I've learned even more over the past season how important it is

Before last season we spoke to you about the role of the coach in modern football.

Now, a year later, we would like to talk to you about the role of the coach at FC Bayern.

You just said that you had to learn in this regard.

What is the most important thing you learned?

How I communicate with the leaders.

How I take them with me, how I let them participate in my ideas.

When you're new to a team, try to push your ideas through and not ask what to do after the third day.

You have to earn your standing.

But as a coach you are also dependent on your players.

The other way around it's not so pronounced.

So the relationship with my players is extremely important to me.

How do you communicate with you now?

I've already spoken to several players on the phone while on vacation.

I told them what my learning is - and what I want to adapt: ​​more focus on us, less on the opponent.

At the same time, I also asked for feedback.

But at Bayern Munich you don't just have to communicate with the players.

With who else?