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Oliver Kahn has contradicted media reports that he is said to have received the news of his forced farewell to FC Bayern with great emotion. "The claim that I freaked out when I was informed of the dismissal is definitely not true," Kahn wrote on Twitter.

On Friday, he had "a calm and objective conversation" on the phone with club president Herbert Hainer and "only wondered about this actionism, why this decision was now brought forward".

"The conversation was very emotional," Hainer said at a press conference on Sunday, "and we couldn't come to an agreement with Oliver at the end of the day." In contrast to the sporting director Hasan Salihamidžić, who was also released from his duties, there was no consensual agreement on the separation. On the sidelines of the championship celebrations, Salihamidžić regretted his release, but he also said: "I want to stay part of the Bayern family."

Hainer had initially explained the trip without Kahn to Cologne with his non-amicable separation and dismissal. Later, he also said Kahn had been absent because of a summer flu. Hainer also spoke of two conversations that had taken place with Kahn. The first conversation on Thursday was very emotional. The second conversation on Friday was more objective. The final decision on Kahn's dismissal is said to have been made on Friday.

In the Sport1 double pass, the journalist Pit Gottschalk concretized the accusation of the alleged freakout. According to his report, Kahn was so angry about his dismissal that he threatened to "betray the truth about the Bavarians." There are said to have been fears that there could be scuffles with (CFO) Jan-Christian Dreesen. There was no confirmation of this concern. Kahn and Dreesen are said to have a tense relationship.

Bayern had announced the separation of CEO Kahn, 53, and Salihamidžić, 46, immediately after winning the title with a 2-1 win at 1. Kahn was not at the game and not at the championship celebration, according to his own statement, because the club had prohibited it.

"On Saturday morning I got the message that I couldn't go to the game. I also took this decision calmly," Kahn wrote on Sunday. Of course I'm disappointed, but I'm really happy about this championship and I'm happy for the team, the coach and our fans." Originally, the supervisory board meeting of the record champions with personnel decisions had only been planned for Tuesday.

Kahn's successor was also under discussion as DFL boss

Kahn's successor, Dreesen, has been given a two-year contract as chairman of the board at FC Bayern for the time being. The previous CFO actually wanted to retire at the end of the season. "Certainly, my life plan was different," said the 55-year-old. Previously, Dreesen had also been traded as the new managing director of the German Football League. In the past few days, he has had "really good talks" with DFL supervisory board chairman Hans-Joachim Watzke, he said. But when he was asked by FC Bayern, "this decision was easier than I thought it would be".

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