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Updated November 27, 2018, 4:53 pm
Jupp Heynckes expresses himself for the first time in an interview about the situation of his former club: his successor, coach Niko Kovac, has just got into trouble in Munich. It also gives reasons for that.
FC Bayern are currently only fifth in the Bundesliga and are therefore as bad as they were years ago. From now on, coach Niko Kovac's president has also set to vibrate – which the club's grandfather had previously expressly held.
Six months after leaving Munich, Jupp Heynckes commented on the situation of his successor.
He showed understanding for Kovac: "This is a young coach who wants to destroy the world, Niko Kovac not only in Munich," said Heynckes of the "Westdeutsche Zeitung".
"There are good guys out there and divas, and then there are serious injuries from important players, so there is a mountain of problems," said Heynckes, 73, commenting on the situation of his team. old team.
Hitzfeld: "Bayern is on fire"
Otmar Hitzfeld, former Kovac coach at Bayern, sees his former protégé not missing yet. On the contrary: "He's going to win, I know him through direct duels with Switzerland against Croatia, where he did a good job and proved that he can deal with stars," he said. the 69 year old player in an interview with our editors.
Nevertheless, he remembers his time in Munich. Even then, it was "always important to have success with the Bavarians". However, as he has not set himself as a constant goal under Kovac, "he is burning there right now".
Bayern only fifth in the standings
In the Bundesliga last weekend, Munich lost a 3-1 lead against the promising Fortuna Dusseldorf.
After the twelfth day of Bundesliga matches, FC Bayern Munich occupy only fifth place with 21 points, nine points behind leader Borussia Dortmund.
Borussia Mönchengladbach (26 points), Eintracht Frankfurt (23 points) and RB Leipzig (22 points) lie just behind Bayern.
In the Champions League, one point is enough
In the Champions League, the Kovac-Elf on Tuesday can however be relatively easy: Bayern is quite happy with the draw against the Portuguese champion, Benfica Lisbon.
At a press conference before the match, the coach was asked that he feared it would be his last match as a Bayern coach. Kovac's short answer: "No" (ANK)
Sources used:
- Westdeutsche Zeitung: What Jupp Heynckes thinks of Niko Kovac and Borussia Mönchengladbach
- dpa
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Niko Kovac is back against the wall after defeating Fortuna Dusseldorf 3: 3. His credit in the team would have been exhausted. Officially, managers still trust him. The newspaper "Bild", however, reports a contact with Arsene Wenger. French is a serious candidate. But there are others.
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