Beckenbauer insists Bayern Munich lack a true leader at the moment- Bundesliga news
Former Bayern Munich player Franz Beckenbauer has insisted that the club needs a true leader at the moment if they want any stability and consistency in the next campaign. He claimed that Mark van Bommel had great leadership quality
and added that the club should not have let him go.
Bayern Munich last season failed to match the success they achieved in the previous campaign when they won the domestic double and were the runners-up in UEFA Champions League. The Munich giants finished in third place and were
fortunate enough to qualify for Europe’s elite club competition next season.
The legend admitted that none of the players in the current squad can match the standard former player Lothar Matthaus had set as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Captain-c8314. He stated that although Phillip Lahm is a good captain but Matthaus was brilliant and Die
Bayern need a player like him for the future.
“Perhaps the others need to be more clear with their persuasive powers. None of these players [Lahm and Schweinsteiger] are a Matthaus. Lahm is Lahm, Matthaus is Matthaus,” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
The former German international also added that Louis van Gaal got it wrong when he let http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mark-van-Bommel-c24148 join AC Milan in this year’s winter transfer window. He said that Van Bommel was a great captain and he had the influence on
the team which is needed.
The 65-year old also insisted that the club now have to find a player who has the leadership quality and is a pure leader.
“Van Bommel is a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Real-c30728 captain and leader. Perhaps he was not the best player, but he was a leader. You need people like this, and we have yet to find another pure leader,” he concluded.
Franz Beckenbauer made 427 league appearances for Bayern Munich and scored 60 goals in his 13 years at the club. The former player won four Bundesliga titles and three European Cups. The midfielder also had 103 international caps
to his name and found the net 14 times.
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