KHR on Flick: "Firstly, he has quality. Quality in a coach is very important. From the start he’s had a very clear plan, he found a common thread, an empathy with the team straight away - that was very important, we needed that back. So what he’s done is all good" [Bundesliga]
Rummenigge: "It would be nice if we can keep progressing, or even I could say, keep it where we are at the moment."
KHR: "I’ve always said 'The coach is the most important member of the club'. If the coach can create unity with the team, if the coach has a clear plan, if the coach is good in the day-to-day work, then in my experience that usually leads to success, and Hansi has achieved that"
KHR: "I’ve experienced some great coaches here, whether it’s Jupp Heynckes, Louis van Goal, Pep Guardiola, all of whom have contributed greatly to what we could call the FC Bayern way, and that’s something that Hansi has cultivated again"
Rummenigge: "The coaches who have had success here haven’t had it by accident - it’s because they’re simply good coaches, or they were. Hansi belongs in that category. He’s played a really important role in our recovering of the FC Bayern way"
KHR on the FIFA Men's Best Player: "I think it’s good that FIFA are continuing with the vote this year. It wasn’t clear whether it would happen. I spoke with the FIFA president about it, I told him that we have this vote every year and football has been played this year"
KHR: "The major leagues in Europe were all decided, the #UCL was completed, and I told him, if in ten years it says '2021 he won, 2022 he won' but there’s a gap in 2020, for me that would be a mistake that you could still correct. And I’m happy that FIFA have brought it back"
KHR: "I hope that Robert wins, he’s had an amazing year, I think Robert is in the form of his life, despite the fact he’s 32 now. I would like him to win, I hope he wins, he’ll have earned it, but we’ll have to wait and see if he does win it at the end of the day."
KHR on transfers: "In these times, when finances are tighter, we had a good transfer window, I think. Without doubt, we lost an important player in Thiago, but it was his wish and, among friends, you have to be able to give them the chance to say goodbye, and you should do that"
KHR: "We signed a very important player in Leroy Sané, but then the coach also wanted to make up for the loss of Coutinho and Perišić, and at the end of the day we decided that in Costa and Leroy, we’d signed two wide players that bring that level of quality that we need."
KHR: "Our style of play is very focused on wingers, and that’s an important element for us: they have to be quick, to be able to dribble, they have to create goals or goal-scoring chances, or score themselves. We’ve done a bit there, and I think overall we’ve got a good squad"
KHR on Neuer: "Manuel is 34 now, and he’s just getting better and better. He’s like a red wine that matures each year. He anticipates pretty much every shot, wherever it comes from, & makes the save. He’s the best gk in the world, I think he’s even the best goalkeeper of all time
Rummenigge: "We’ve always had good goalkeepers in Germany, at Bayern, when you talk about Sepp Meyer or Oliver Kahn, but I think Manuel Neuer has taken goalkeeping to a new level, and we’re really happy that he’s lining up between the sticks for us."
KHR on the game against Leipzig: "We had three draws in a row against them, I can’t remember the last time we drew 3 times in a row against a single Bundesliga side, and that’s proof that it won’t be easy for us against them. It’ll be an important game, an important highlight"
KHR: "Leipzig have become the third great power in the Bundesliga nowadays. You always heard about Bayern and Dortmund, and now you have to say that RB Leipzig is a club that do a good job, and when you do a good job, you can earn your stripes in the Bundesliga and in Europe"
KHR on Bayern vs BVB: We all looked a bit jealously at Spain when Real & Barça were playing each other in the Spanish Clasico, but I think now Dortmund-Bayern is a Klassiker in itself. I think we saw that recently when we played, 3-2, it could have been 5-4 looking at the chances
Rummenigge: "It was just a great game, and the day after I think it was Real vs. Barca, and it wasn’t comparable in terms of the quality. So you can say the Bundesliga version is just a level above at the moment."
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