Constellation said:
Some very bizarre comments about Bayern in this thread.
1) Uli Hoeness was not the owner. They don't have an owner. It's a football club controlled by its members. Hoeness was their elected (by the fans/members) chairman after serving the club as youth player, first team player ( World Cup, Euro and CL winner) and general manager.
2) Their success isn't bankrolled. They were German champions in 1932. When the Nazis took over they suffered extreme persecution ( lots of Jewish members and a Jewish chairman whom they defended against the Nazis). The club was ruined by Nazi reprisals. The only option for them to rebuild post war was youth development.
That produced the likes of Beckenbauer, Muller etc, who propelled them back to the top of the German and European game.
You might not like the club or approve of their holier than thou ethos and history, but you should at least get the facts right.
Your comments about Bayern’s youth policy in the 60s are 100% correct, but then again you’re replying to an opinion that hasn’t actually been made.
Bayern’s team of the 70s included a core of local talent, as did Ajax, St Etienne, and Liverpool. However, that was in the days of the old style European Cup.
The Champions League wasn’t revamped to make a better competition. It was revamped purely to make the rich clubs richer. and the recent TV deal will exaggerate the gulf in finances even further.
We now have a culture of “Super Clubs” and this is why City feel like unwelcome guests at somebody else’s party.
We respect Bayern, but it’s obvious from Rummenigge’s comments that he considers City to be some kind of modern day plastic outfit, like Wolfsburg or Leverkusen. when in reality we have always been one of the best supported teams in England.
Incidentally, City won the League in 1937.
Enjoy the match
