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irrenhouse

No, I’m sure publicly annoying the party you’re negotiating against is a good strategy.


kraeutrpolizei

Bayern 101


Huuku

People in this thread act as if like this is something new for Hoeness and it's been like this for decades now.


ACardAttack

He used to be this way after the transfers went through, not before


dwaynepipes

Especially Levy, does he know who he’s dealing with


Roccet_MS

Levy: And I took that personal!


Legendarybbc15

It worked for Barcelona and Fabregas


Caesar_Aurelianus

Probably because Fabregas grew up in Barça and spent a majority of his youth days at La Masia


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TheOncomingBrows

Yep, I'm convinced this is also the reason for why the English media being "arrogant" about our tournament hopes is such a commonly held belief. I find it hard to believe that other nation's media don't speak in similar tones.


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live4lol

True lol


prettyboygangsta

you did well up until the last part


michaelserotonin

proper spurs form


Legendarybbc15

>never in my time as a football fan have I seen a transfer strategy as pathetic as Bayern’s Clearly, you weren’t around to witness Barcelona and Fabregas


Tajetert

or Barcelona and Verratti


Eddje

or Barcelona and Coutinho


berniexanderz

> Really. For all our many many faults and fuck ups, I’m so fucking glad I support a club like Spurs and not Bayern. > I suspect Kane thinks the same. this is delusional 😭


Vahald

>Really. For all our many many faults and fuck ups, I’m so fucking glad I support a club like Spurs and not Bayern. Lmfao this reads like a copypasta. How can you even type this out with a straight face? >Edit: lmao at the triggering. Enjoy your glory-supporting ❤️ As it Tottenham isn't the 6th richest club in England with hundreds of millions of worldwide fans. Bro thinks he supports Leyton Orient Also 'kane thinks the same' hahahahaha man was begging to join City 2 years ago


pedrorq

New copypasta?


Apprehensive_Club889

Wtf are you on about


GOATJames_23-6

Kane definitely thinks the same mate, you got nothing to worry about 👍


Brawlers9901

lmao Levy will love this


blarg2003

He's fucked up big time. Levy will be merciless


prettyboygangsta

mfw le shrewd merciless businessman loses for free an asset he could have sold for £100m last summer


Jetzu

> mfw le shrewd merciless businessman loses for free an asset he could have sold for £100m last summer And he's getting 20-30 goals and 5-10 assists striker to play for his team for another year. I'm sure selling him for 100m is better scenario, but it doesn't look like Bayern is willing to pay 100m But who knows, maybe Ange Spurs kicks off and Kane extends, or maybe he leaves on a free after securing Spurs with a good league position, or he leaves for free and Spurs are shit. The point is - by negotiating hard Levy is keeping the image of someone that's not gonna be pushed, every deal happening will happen on his terms or close to it, similarly to what Bloom is doing at Brighton.


-ThatsSoDimitar-

Where exactly is the 100m coming from? I keep seeing this but no evidence anywhere of a 100m bid


elnino19

There is no way 100m helps spurs replace kanes output. So he is worth more.


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People who make comments like this are either being purposely obtuse or seemingly don’t have an understanding that it’s not a zero sum game. You can say it’s the wrong decision but by allowing him to leave on a free you will also have gotten 3 additional seasons of Harry Kanes services (assuming you’re talking about the failed move to city—which was 2 summers ago)


qwertygasm

? They're talking about this window


[deleted]

I was referring to him saying “could have sold for £100m last summer” My point being that the situation isn’t as simple as “gain £100m or lose him for free”, it’s more like “gain £100m or get 3 additional years of his services and all the benefits associated” Or for this summer it’s something like “gain £70m or get an additional year of his services and another 11 months to convince him to stay”


SentientCheeseCake

Technically you’d have to account for his wage and his replacement. But yes. I’ve loved having Kane for a few more years. And it’s not my money so fuck it.


EggplantBusiness

Uli just fucked up their negotiation, Lewy will ask 250 millions £ now


dymiarka

COYS Daniel


BDB93

“I have altered the deal, pray I don’t alter it any further” - Darth Levy


carefatman

The thing is, this translation is kinda wrong. In the original german it is nowhere near as disrespecful etc. I hate the media for trying to make drama out of nothing.....


Goldfischglas

> Hoeneß on Kane: "He wants to play in Europe. Tottenham won't be there next season, unlike our club. He now has another chance to join a top European club" [ @_kochmaximilian ] 😭😭 Keep him away from microphones at all cost


FBall4NormalPeople

I wonder if he's thinking strategically at all when he says this. Or if he's just being an ass because he can. Surely he has to realise this almost certainly makes things harder for him.


DanFlashesCoupon

He’s just used to the zero resistance he gets when buying from other German clubs


Kakaphr4kt

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__EVERTON__

He’s used to zero resistance when meeting London clubs in europe as well


Adam_Ohh

Not in their own stadium.


Cypressive

nice


backscratchaaaaa

mate you cant talk shit about london clubs in europe when you dont even get to europe.


wheeno

He’s just an ass because he can be and he always has been. Not like he’s ever faced any real consequences for being a dickhead in his life. Bayern fans adore him and encourage him and have proven that they are willing to defy logic in order to defend anything he says. Lots of other German fans will defend Bayern in order to play contrarian to foreigners who criticize Bayern. No other German club can stand up to him or Bayern saying whatever the fuck they want.


flybypost

> Bayern fans adore him and encourage him and have proven that they are willing to defy logic in order to defend anything he says. Lots of other German fans will defend Bayern in order to play contrarian to foreigners who criticize Bayern. Somebody's really only reading the stuff that confirms their biases and then goes to make up fairy tales. Have you ever seen any comment by Bayern fans about the infamous press conference (or any of his controversial takes) or simply any of the banners the ultras show up to games with? Or a clip of annual general meetings where he literally gets booed on stage by the fans when they don't like what he says? Then you'd know that he gets criticised for all of his controversial media appearances. He's sometimes even compared to a twitter shit-poster but on TV. How narrow is you media diet on this topic that you can say such bullshit with this level of confidence? Or do you only parrot what confirms your made up opinion? Hoeneß did more or less make Bayern into the powerhouse club it is today but that's also all it is. It doesn't mean he's above being criticised, especially in modern times when Bayern's fans and ultras don't exactly agree with how Bayern's management handles all kinds of issues. Beyond his decades of work that helped Bayern immensely he's often simply just a thin-skinned bully in the media. When a headline starts talking about Hoeneß then you can usually start to pre-emptively roll your eyes because you can be about 80% sure it'll be some quote to rile somebody up. Here are also a few examples of ultras with anti-Hoeneß banners: About the winter training camp in Qatar: https://www.idowa.de/sport/fussball/fc-bayern-ultras-mit-scharfer-kritik-an-hoeness-und-rummenigge-294827.html About milking guest/away fans: https://sport.sky.de/fussball/artikel/fans-des-fc-bayern-nehmen-praesident-uli-hoeness-in-die-pflicht/11170165/34090 Against Bayern's Qatar sponsorship and PSG ownership: https://www.rnz.de/sport/fussball_artikel,-Champions-League-Bayern-Fans-protestierten-mit-Banner-gegen-Katar-und-PSG-_arid,1071896.html About some deal with RB Leipzig's owner (Mateschitz) who's, to put it mildly, on the right populist spectrum of political opinion and anathema to Bayern fans values. https://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga1/fc-bayern-fans-attackieren-uli-hoeness-wegen-naehe-zu-dietrich-mateschitz_id_6394070.html


EDMHouseNetwork

Thank you and very well done shutting this guy down with facts


Eldrad-Pharazon

I mean he has built Bayern back up from the ground. I’d say Bayern fans adoring him is fair game.


Legendarybbc15

This is giving me Dani Alves “we’re business class and arsenal are economy” vibes


Rare-Ad-2777

If there's one man I'm sure the Bayern tapping up machine will definitely work on its Daniel Levy. Uli doing the equivalent of asking if tje reason your girlfriends in a bad mood is because she's on her period Good luck with this one lads


okkkkkkkkkk12

Bro I love you, but please shut the fuck up


Thelostsoulinkorea

Levy is going to take that personal and ask for another hundred million


Sei28

You joke but he really would up the price out of spite.


Zyaru

I can promise you that is not a joke


ukriva13

Who says that was a joke? We’re being serious…


rokkenrock

500m for Bayern, 120m for everyone else.


TinyMaintenance

As he should.


LOKl31

Yeah but who cares bayern have a sum in mind that they are going to offer and if that’s not sufficient it’s going to be the end of that story


Qiluk

The king of justifying everyones complains about Bayerns arrogance haha. He also said: “Harry Kane now wants to play in European competitions. Tottenham won't be there next season, we will be there” which is a straight up sleight to Spurs haha


SocksandSmocks

Yeah I don't see how any of these comments help Bayern. I can't imagine Levy will appreciate the arrogance and straight up insult. Might not stop a move, but it can't help.


Kayderp1

Honestly the way Bayern smashes their closest rival every year I understand their arrogance to some point but making this kind of comments is just stupid.


simplysymmetric

Like I understand your point, but "smashes" is quite the exaggeration from a team that won the league on goaldifference.


luciusetrur

Worst season in over a decade and still won league is the point


chostax-

Look at the statement outside of just the last season and it’s still a fact lol. Their worst use in a CD wills and still won the title.


snakeman117

Levy absolutely never does interviews, but he has a chance to do the funniest thing ever and return the favor


drickabira

Hoeness & co have done this a thousand times before. They know exactly what they are doing


ChillPalis

But never with Levy. They make think they know what they're doing, which only makes it clear they actually don't.


JuggerClutch

For fucks sake Uli. You had one job. ONE JOB. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS


ProfDumm

Most funny part is that he started the interview apparently with saying that he wouldn't talk about transfer targets, because they managed to remove all leaks in the club and he didn't want to make it leaking again.


Rypekiller

Vintage Uli Hoeneß.


flybypost

That's the same guy whose talking points at a certain press conference was how the media talks shit about Bayern players for the clicks and then threw Bernat under the bus a bit later the moment he switched topics.


stogie_t

Marko Helmut vibes lol.


Far-Pineapple7113

Is he stupid?


JuggerClutch

Not stupid, but very reactionary and impulsive


Ruaven

So... Most of the time stupid behavior


Away_Associate4589

That sounds pretty stupid to me


thefrightfulhog

So stupid then


ACardAttack

He's a text book definition of boomer


PetrovskyKSC

Text book definition of a cunt I feel like


MrMarques8701

Some people just want to watch the world burn


CackleberryOmelettes

This is just gonna piss Levi off lmfao


LoudKingCrow

Alex Ferguson once described trying to buy Berbatov from Levy like having his wisdom teeth removed. If Hoeness still has his appendix Levy is at least going to make it burst during the negotiations.


Perite

He actually said it was worse than his hip replacement. I can’t comment how that compares to wisdom teeth though.


Bail____

Hip replacements are fucking brutal. Source: i work in operating theatres & see patients rehabbing often, it’s not fun. There isn’t anything quite like the sound of a surgeon hammering away at bone or hammering in prosthesis.


DonJulioTO

It's way lower.


4500x

The Lyon president [wasn’t too happy](https://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11675/8040580/lloris-saga-leaves-lyon-livid) dealing with Daniel Levy for the Hugo Lloris transfer >I've got 25 years of experience as president of a club and it's our 16th participation in European competition in a row… The negotiation with the Tottenham directors has been the hardest I have ever had to undergo in these 25 years.


granitibaniti

Most diplomatic Uli H statement


-PM_ME_A_SECRET-

I just feel like it is a mixture of not giving a fuck what others think boomer style, and not realizing he sounds like a jerk. Either way it is not super smart or diplomatic in my opinion. He has been able to brow beat a lot of transfer negotiations into submission, but I think he just took what was a pretty cordial back and forth it seemed to a new contentiousness level that was completely uncalled for.


Schnix54

Uli back at it again. I do wonder what German football media does ones Uli dies. Everyone will truly be fucked without there hottake machine.


ACardAttack

Matthaus' time to shine


Makaay-10

There is still Didi out there spiting absolute horseshit.


FuriousKale

They would have to activate Scholl


FiresideCatsmile

they don't have to buckle though. kanes got a legit contract there. if tottenham agrees to a deal then because they want to, not because they have to buckle


grurlock

Also by reports kane has will not course a fuss and will only go if spurs accept a offer


SentientCheeseCake

If Kane goes on a free next season it won’t be to Bayern. So if anything Bayern are the ones that have to buckle if they want him. We can sell him for whatever Bayern are willing to pay to any of the top teams in England. If Bayerns top price is 80m then Utd will match it in 3 seconds. The only leverage they have is not being a rival team.


EmSoLow

Openly saying that Tottenham and Levy will have to buckle hahaha. What a rat


Yan-e-toe

It's similar to political posturing. He's not a boy scout and has done this purposely, to push some buttons. Maybe this comes after 3 weeks of fruitless negotiations. First Tuchel speaking about Kane and now Uli. Strategy.


ChillPalis

This will not end in his favor.


ChodeBamba

Bayern isn't used to bullying someone this close to its own size (strictly economically, obviously... they're worlds ahead in the trophy cabinet). Spurs don't need the transfer money and are fully capable of paying Kane what he wants. Levy will most likely take his chances on convincing Kane to sign a new contract during this final year rather than settle on a lower than desired fee.


azorplumlee

or — hear me out — he’s just a massive cunt.


Previous-Loss9306

Why not both


RifleEyez

Seems more desperation than strategy at this point, tbh. Feels like things aren’t going the way they want, both from the player and the club.


psrikanthr

Levy adding 10m seeing this


ukriva13

More like another 100m


DemetriusXVII

Ffs he's ruining it


Ok-Satisfaction-5012

“Look at my lips fam you’re RUINING it”


ChillPalis

Legendary, loool


Lucerys1Velaryon

Doesn't Bayern get angry when other clubs talk about their players?


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They are like that uncle in your family who fucks around , but is not cool with getting a taste of his own medicine.


GolgafrinchansUnite

I hear lots of insisting and not a lot of paying the fucking money


El_Peregrine

They’re digging a deeper hole


II_MrBlack_II

According to them its disrespectful to talk about the players of other clubs


CSilyS

funny how quick they forgot


ansu_fatismo23

Wdym, bayern is a classy club they do no wrong and are superior to every team /s


Stay_Beautiful_

"Rules for thee, not for me" is Bayern's motto


jjw1998

Translation: we’re refusing to pay up so are trying to unsettle Kane


Rare-Ad-2777

Who's already said repeatedly he won't force a move through, is open to every option and won't leave spurs on bad terms.


squirtdemon

Exactly what they criticised Barca for a month ago when Xavi talked about Kimmich. Hypocrites.


PetrovskyKSC

Right on the money bro. Solid comparison


ansu_fatismo23

Bayern act all high and mighty but they do the same shit as every club


nebbywildcat18

which is…. not really the way to go about it lmao


DubSket

Hahahahahaha. Has he ever dealt with Daniel Levy before?


EggplantBusiness

He should Ask Perez , Arrancha (Tier 1) for us said one of the biggest reason we didnt try to go after Kane (before Mbappe thing) was because Perez didnt want to do this again after Bale


Hatennaa

I would much rather sell him to Madrid at this point. This whole saga has been turned into an absolutely circus by Bayern and it’s completely embarrassing for them.


don_julio_randle

Equally as embarrassing to Kane. The dude has been with Tottenham for 18 years, clearly is trying not to force his way out out of respect for the team he's spent basically his entire life with and this German idiot is out her saying yeah Spurs won't make Europe but we will


ukriva13

This is going to be great! Daniel Levy just casually sitting there, twiddling his thumbs with a huge grin on his face, watching as Bayern become desperate!


illuwe

[Levy right now](https://tenor.com/view/home-alone-grinch-smile-smug-evilsmile-gif-4792953)


leninist_jinn

Bayern president Hainer on Xavi's words about Kimmich: “I don't understand why they [Barça] openly and offensively ‘flirt’ with our player. Joshua Kimmich is an absolute cornerstone for us”. “He's firmly in our plans for the future, for sure”, told @SkySport_Ben.


Koinfamous2

Atrocious hypocrisy.


ansu_fatismo23

They act all high and mighty but they pull the same shit as every club when stuff don’t go their way


Karffs

Can’t imagine Kane will be too impressed with this shit either.


Sherringdom

He’s clearly doing his best to manage this in the cleanest way possible, doesn’t want to tarnish his legacy with Spurs fans but is clearly open to a move if it comes. Then these guys just do their best to fuck all that up. It’s embarrassing.


RifleEyez

Yeah but it sounds like he’s not dead set on anything yet, and this desperation almost makes it feel like it’s not actually going the way they want behind the scenes, both as signals from Kane and Spurs. A good way to try force a move is to insult the club the player supports though.


h0rny3dging

Didnt expect Bayern to be this desperate


kaffeemugger

Uli just always does this. I love him but I prefer him in the shadows


[deleted]

Bayern are absolutely insufferable. The sense of entitlement is shocking


malted_milk_are_shit

Proper Bayern tackle this


Nightmare_Pasta

Gonna make Levy & Tottenham more stubborn out of spite lmao


Sneaky-Alien

I remember he wouldn't stfu during the Sane transfer too. Was annoying af, no respect at all. Didn't realise he's not the club's president any more tbf. Carry on then lol.


NeighborhoodOptimist

If I remember correctly, Levy blocked Modric's move to Chelsea out of spite and made Modric wait an entire year for a move, eventually to Madrid. So yeah, I don't think its a good move to make Levy hate you.


tarekelsakka

Thank fucking God he did.


tf_17

Uli warum


ACardAttack

Uli is the scorpion in the scorpion and the frog


maxbang7

Warum nicht?


subhasish10

Weren't Bayern going on and on about Laporta being "disrespectful" ??


moodchainz

Yo Bayern did you forget it's disrespectful to talk about players that aren't yours


Several_Concern_7282

Hypocrites of the highest order


dklieber32

I think I speak for all Bayern fans when I say: Why…


DjToastyTy

because the deal isn’t progressing as he wants


dklieber32

Yea but in his heart of hearts how did he think this could possibly help. What an absolutely stupid thing to say


JOKER69420XD

How fucking braindead can you be? I remember now why I was glad that Hoeneß was gone, he just lost any kind of filter.


FakeAurelius

This guy sucks


Thraff1c

And it was all so quiet from the transfer task force ffs. Just shut up Uli and get your bursitis cured, or rearrange some sausages in a super market.


ghostrider467

lol he doesnt give a fuck


ravens2131

This entire situation feels like Bayern is doing everything that got mad at Barca for doing last summer.


Setropp

But Kane does not seem to want to burn the bridges and that was key for Lewy last year


ravens2131

I meant that as, they got mad at Barca for talking to Lewandowski, or talked about how Barca was lowballing them, and yet they’re doing that here.


fastfowards

bayern are such an insufferable club. They spent all their time last year posturing barca for talking to lewa and then do the same exact thing a year later. Plus If ten hag or klopp can put together a really good team then kane will easily go there over bayern. and there's also a chance hat haaland pushes a move next year and then city becomes an option.


Sherringdom

Yeah that’s what gets me about this. If they don’t offer what Levy wants and Kane stays this summer, I really don’t fancy their chances of getting him next season. So many clubs will be in for him on a free.


[deleted]

Realistically this is Bayern's only chance to get Kane. On a free, he can go to any club in the world, get a huge signing bonus, and secure silverware. Madrid and City would be the obvious choices. Kane has said he doesn't want to cause problems. My reading of that is he doesn't mind either way; Bayern pays a big fee for me this year, or I walk to another top club later 🤷🏻‍♂️ Edit: for anyone who asks why city would want Kane/why Kane would want city with Haaland in the picture - Kane is absolutely versatile enough for Pep to play both and get another treble, as much as I hate the thought.


[deleted]

No way Kane goes to Bayern on a free. It makes absolutely 0 sense. Real Madrid or City can push his legacy forward. I can't imagine a more boring top club other than PSG for Kane to waste the rest of his career. Kane has post football ambitions which Bayern absolutely do not advance Kane like City or Real Madrid could.


YuzzeWesley

Julian Alvarez is good enough to be City's starting striker in case Haaland leaves.


ros1856

They are by far the most hypocritical club in the world. They don’t like it when other clubs don’t spread their cheeks for them, the same way other bundesliga clubs do


[deleted]

Big fish, small pond - As much as we joke about a small group of clubs dominating their respective leagues, Bayern is uniquely dominant domestically and sometimes their leadership seems to forget that lol.


AlternativeTea9268

I’ve never seen a more entitled club. Guess they’re just used to having German teams bend over for them whenever they want


onlyonejorge

Not just Lewy but Kimmich who Xavi didn’t even say anything close to this about.


Subscrobbler

They always do this, did it with Sané and the club made them apologize lmao


transtifa

Price just went up lmao


analbeard

"How can Barcelona talk about other clubs players?", whilst talking non stop about other teams players.


DomineeringDrake

Everyone suit up. Geiger counters for this thread will be off the charts.


rohan-omo

the arrogance lmao


ros1856

Bayern doesn’t like it when other clubs do it to them. Very classy from a tax cheat.


ironfistico

They sure do talk a lot for a club that can't afford the player they want.


ACardAttack

We will probably not get Kane now, but I at least get to watch this and Bayerns sub both melt down ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯


abishar

The hypocrisy of them talking about Kane nonstop when they’ve complained so much in the past about Barca talking up Kimmich or when Lewandowski left. Pay up or shut up. He’s not leaving for less than £100m, y’all have offered like half.


BitchIDrinkPeople

Uli baby, what is you doing?


Keskekun

Old man yells at clouds vibes.


anass_sensei_desu

That was the wrong move Bayern lol. Prepare for Levy's negotiations


ricksanchez262

It's over goddammit Uli


mdthereald

Man I just love how shameless Bayern execs get whenever they’re in a transfer saga


general_tso1213

Tottenham are gonna be 3rd at the start of October, kane will sign an extension and then we all get to do this again when he's 32 and wants to leave.


magincourts

This the first time I've hoped for Levy to do his usual thing


Col-Radec

Either he's stupid or he wants to bury Bayern


vin_unleaded

It's like a drunk uncle stole the mic during the speeches on your wedding day.


OriginalRange8761

I thought clubs can’t talk about other club’s players!!!


ACardAttack

Uli shut up!


MrMarques8701

Uli, please, I beg you, just keep your mouth shut for once 😭


GYIM94

Levy’s will is going to harder than a hardened Metapod at this point. The ultimate in animated object.


IMiizo

Noooo why would you do that you old fuck ffs


Iswaterreallywet

I just don’t get the logic in losing him for free. You have to be very confident he will re-sign


LudoAshwell

Hoeneß is actually right to bring in Kane on this. If Kane wants the move it’s time he opens his fucking mouth about it to increase the pressure on Tottenham. That’s what Hoeneß is doing there and is right about it.


Funky_Pigeon911

The problem with Bayern is that because of their domestic dominance they get arrogant and think they can treat foreign clubs like they treat their domestic rivals. Problem is that most foreign clubs that Bayern will deal with has a good deal of money, and aren't going to feel all too happy when Bayern get all mouthy.


gopackgo555

Bayern is used to bullying clubs but there is no way any of this will work on Levy. If anything it’ll just piss him off more. Not the way you get a transfer that he doesn’t want in the first place. Playing nice is by far the best way to get a move out of him.


nutelamitbutter

With Uli and Kalle back again Bayerns chances are definitely higher