Hoeneß backs 50+1 rule, slams investor-led football | OneFootball

Uli Hoeneß once again made his stance clear on SPORT1-Doppelpass. The honorary president of FC Bayern took a firm position in the debate about the 50+1 rule and also commented on transfer policies.

"If our president were to say at our annual general meeting that we would sell shares to Saudi Arabia and there would no longer be a 50+1 rule, he would no longer be president a minute later," Hoeneß explained. With this, he made it clear: For the Munich team, opening up to external investors is not an option. "Our members are the ones who decide."

"It's like Monopoly"

Looking at the transfer summer, the 73-year-old emphasized that Bayern deliberately stayed away from exorbitant sums. "Of course we would have liked to have Florian Wirtz, but we would never have bought him for 150 million. We would have liked to have Nick Woltemade, we offered 55 million euros and Stuttgart wanted 75. Now they have obviously sold him to Newcastle for almost 90," said Hoeneß. He compared the English market to a board game: "What Newcastle is doing has nothing to do with football. It's like Monopoly."

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The summer was still successful for FC Bayern. "We are the real winners of this transfer summer, because we have a very strong team. It only needed to be supplemented by three or four players."

Remarkably, Hoeneß also revealed specific contract details about the deadline day transfer of Nicolas Jackson. The Senegalese came to Munich on loan from Chelsea. "The player costs 13.5 million euros because he and his agent have taken on three million themselves," Hoeneß explained. A purchase obligation will only apply if Jackson plays at least 40 compulsory games from the start. "He will never do that," the honorary president was convinced.

With these statements, Hoeneß once again caused a stir – and once again proved that he significantly shapes the public debate around the record champion.

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