Bavarians hit back at Frankfurt
BUNDESLIGA champions Bayern Munich have hit back at accusations they were “disrespectful” in their signing of new head coach Niko Kovac.
Frankfurt’s director of sport Fredi Bobic is furious the story was leaked on Thursday, insisting it was “certainly not from Frankfurt – it’s very annoying, not professional and disrespectful”.
“We found the statements of Fredi Bobic to be very outrageous,” fumed president Uli Hoeness. “We exploited a hole he made in the contract with Kovac, which is very profession- al.
“But we decided to let them know as soon as possible, now they have more time to get a new coach.”
Both Hoeness and Bayern’s sports director Hasan Salihamidzic denied feeding the news to Germany’s best selling daily Bild, who first broke the story.
“There was no information leaked by Bayern,” insisted Salihamidzic before Bayern ran riot with a 5-1 win at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach.
“We had no interest at all in going public. I think that Bayern behaved very fairly, we have nothing to be blamed for.
“Frankfurt now has months to look for a successor (for Kovac).
“I have a good relationship with Fredi Bobic, and I’m sure we’ll talk about it.
“We sorted things out on Thursday (with Kovac), but I won’t give details.” – AFP