Thomas Tuchel vehemently contradicted honorary president Uli Hoeneß after his criticism of the Bayern coach’s work with young players. “I have very little understanding of that. I find it absolutely baseless, but okay,” said Tuchel on Saturday on Sky broadcaster before Munich’s Bundesliga game against Eintracht Frankfurt.
“That is so far from reality“I actually wouldn’t have reacted to it at all if it hadn’t come from Uli Hoeneß,” Tuchel continued.
Hoeneß (72) was quoted from a panel discussion in the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” as saying that Tuchel had “a different attitude. He doesn’t think he can improve on (Alphonso) Davies, (Aleksandar) Pavlovic or (Jamal) Musiala. If it doesn’t work, you should buy another one.” Hoeneß, on the other hand, said “you should work hard on them and give them self-confidence.”
Tuchel, who has to leave Munich in the summer, reacted visibly to the criticism in the Sky interview. The Bayern will be in the semi-final first leg of the Champions League next Tuesday demanded against Real Madrid. This gives the criticism “a bit of a different note,” said Tuchel.
Hoeneß’ words would touch on his “deepest understanding” as a coach, said Tuchel, and listed examples of the names of young players at the time from his positions at FSV Mainz 05, Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea FC and supported his coaching team.
He was “a little” injured in his “coaching honor”. “If we have proven something in the coaching team over the last 15 years,” said Tuchel, it is that “young players always have a place” in training and in games.