Live Bar May 10, Bayern CEO Kahn talked about the Bundesliga's ten consecutive titles, feelings as CEO, Champions League exit, Nagelsmann's performance, goals for the new season and other topics in an interview with the club's official website.
Ten consecutive Bundesliga titles
Kahn: "Bayern's ten-game winning streak is very monumental, as the first team in Europe's five major leagues to achieve a ten-game winning streak, only with a group of very outstanding players can we achieve such an achievement. Our fans, and all of us, can be proud of the Bayern who have lived through this era. In my days of playing football, three consecutive championships were already the limit of imagination. ”
What is the difference between being a player who has won the Bundesliga eight times and being CEO and your first Bundesliga title as CEO
Kahn: "It's a satisfying feeling, like it was in the past. You have to work hard to win a championship all season, and I feel the responsibility on my part, both as a player and as CEO. As Bayern, you have to win trophies every season, which is why it feels a relief when you have something tangible on your hands at the end of the season. That's a good thing because it will constantly motivate you and always want to succeed. ”
A special moment of the season
Kahn: "I'm particularly happy that the fans are able to fill up the Allianz Arena again to watch the big game against Dortmund. We beat Dortmund 3-1 at home and everyone in the room got a feel for what football can look like and there's nothing better than that. ”
How to explain Bayern's Bundesliga titles in a ten-game streak
Kahn: "Over the last few decades, Bayern have always been able to cope with a more demanding situation. Of course, the club's financial ability also plays a role, but we have repeatedly seen in top international football that money alone cannot buy a championship. Within Bayern, a culture has been formed that passes from one generation of players to the next, which makes us strong. Every club has to find its own way of surviving, and we certainly don't relax our ways. ”
Nagelsman is very young and candid, what do you think of him?
Kahn: "The fresh, energetic style of Na Shuai is very good for us, I never like to try to change people. In fact, his occasional quip may be misunderstood by the outside world, but that's part of him. I prefer such people to people who don't say a word. Na Shuai is ambitious and thoughtful, and without extraordinary ability, he would not have achieved what he is now. He will self-analyze the season and then improve himself step by step, at 34 years old he is already at a very high level. ”
After winning the championship, the coach guaranteed that next year would be better
Kahn: "It shows that he has understood the culture of Bayern and I understand from my conversations with him that he has never questioned the value of the title. A quote like this illustrates his lofty ambitions, and that's exactly the kind of person we need. ”
How to evaluate the first season of the coach
Kahn: "You can't forget that we lost some important players and this season has also been severely affected by the pandemic. We were close to our best in the Bundesliga, but we were eliminated too early in the DFB-Pokal, as was the Champions League against Villarreal, but I'm sure the players and coaches will store those experiences so that things don't happen to us again. ”
How long has it bothered you to get out of the Champions League
Kahn: "I'm still irritated to this day, when I'm sitting in front of the TV watching the Champions League semi-final, I think 'we could have played Liverpool' and it drives me crazy, and it's the same when I watch the cup final, and our players think that way, which motivates them even more. One thing is clear, that next season every opponent will still do everything to stop us from succeeding, but this year we have again overcome challenges in the league and everything we have experienced will make Bayern stronger. ”
What did you learn during your first season as BAYERN CEO?
Kahn: "For the public, from the perspective of external perception, the people who run Bayern are visible and tangible, which is very important for the public because it creates an identity. ”
After ten consecutive Bundesliga titles, what are your goals for the new season?
Kahn: "It's common for Bayern, there's not a second of rest. Our goal is clear: to give our fans an attractive, passionate and successful football, preferably to win as many trophies as possible. ”
Bayern have always competed with other giants in international football in their own unique way, and today the task is not more difficult than ever
Kahn: "It's a lot of demands, but it's always been that way. In the last few decades, Bayern have made a lot of the right choices overall, thus creating a competitive position for themselves in domestic and international competitions. Now new challenges are coming, when I joined the board, the epidemic has just begun, but it is still haunting us, and football has been in a state of flux with the further specialization of investment teams, the Champions League reform model that began in 2024, financial sustainability regulations, financial fairness principles. Our task is very complex and it is important for all of us at the club to continue to make the right decisions. To do this, we must think rationally in a new and ever-changing world of football. ”
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