Manuel Neuer: What’s behind Bayern Munich captain’s public spat with German champions? | Soccer Information

Bayern Munich sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic says the membership will probably be talking to captain Manuel Neuer after he criticised the German champions over the choice to launch goalkeeping coach Toni Tapalovic.

Neuer, who has been sidelined for the remainder of the season after breaking his leg on a ski journey following Germany’s elimination from the World Cup, mentioned it felt as if his “coronary heart was being ripped out” after he was knowledgeable his shut good friend was being dismissed after greater than a decade on the membership.

The Bayern skipper rejected experiences Tapalovic was leaking info from the teaching employees and mentioned he informed the membership’s hierarchy that he didn’t agree with the explanations put ahead for the 42-year-old’s dismissal.

“That blow hit me extraordinarily arduous,” Neuer informed the Athletic. “I used to be informed by the membership officers. It got here out of nowhere. For Toni too. I did not perceive that in any respect. It actually knocked me down.

“Toni was all the time a group participant with us, everybody noticed it that manner. He wasn’t working for me for eleven and a half years, however for the whole goalkeeper group, for the teaching employees and for the membership. We had been all the time capable of separate work and personal life. I perceive that it would sound like I am not being goal or not plausible, however I can actually inform the distinction.

“For me, that was a blow – once I was already down on the bottom. I felt like my coronary heart was being ripped out. It was probably the most brutal factor I’ve skilled in my profession. And I’ve skilled loads.

“There was no motive that I might comprehend. Issues had been mentioned that I do not agree with. Nothing I heard would have dominated out the potential for folks speaking to one another and sorting issues out.

“That is in regards to the human aspect of issues, the way in which a valued worker was handled. At Bayern Munich, we need to be completely different – a household. After which one thing occurs that I’ve by no means skilled earlier than. It is a unhappy factor for everybody: for the membership, for Tapa, the employees and all the goalkeepers, together with me. However, I need to say: I am a human being on one hand, and I am knowledgeable on the opposite.”

Over the weekend Bayern CEO Oliver Kahn criticised Neuer for his feedback and Salihamidzic mentioned the 36-year-old had “put his private pursuits right here above the pursuits of the membership”.

Salihamidzic informed Bild: “I perceive that Manuel is personally affected. However I might have anticipated a special behaviour from him, particularly as a captain. [The] Tapalovic determination, which was additionally tough for us personally, had nothing to do with Manuel on this matter, and we defined that to him.

“If there are any penalties, we’ll first discuss to Manuel about it himself. The frustration that he describes about Tapa’s launch additionally prevails with us as a result of Manuel has put his private pursuits right here above the pursuits of the membership. However we’ll do it internally and talk about it fairly with him.”

On January 23 Bayern launched an announcement saying Tapalovic had been dismissed “with speedy impact”.

Salihamidzic mentioned within the assertion: “As our goalkeeping coach, Toni was concerned within the successes of current years. We want to thank him for that. Variations, notably over the way in which we labored collectively, have now led to us going our separate methods. We want Toni Tapalovic all the perfect for the long run.”