The big headlines of the past few days about Bayern stars Serge Gnabry and Leroy Sané don't worry Rudi Völler for the national team. The new DFB sports director also defends Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann after his verbal freak in Mönchengladbach.
The recent excitement about the Munich star players Serge Gnabry and Leroy Sané does not worry Rudi Völler with regard to the national soccer team. "In team sports you have to stick to certain rules. We'll manage that in the national team anyway, I'm firmly convinced of that," said the new DFB sports director on the TV station "Bild".
A week ago, Bayern Munich's sports director Hasan Salihamidzic confirmed that Sané had not always been on time with the German record champions. "He comes very close from time to time. He's too late once or twice, but we've got that under control," revealed the 46-year-old. "Of course we'll talk about it," said Völler in his new role as director of the men's national team, "but it shouldn't be weighed too heavily."
Gnabry caused a stir a month ago with his trip to Paris Fashion Week in the middle of an English week. "I know it doesn't come across well in public. But Serge Gnabry knows that too," said Völler and emphasized: "Basically, it wasn't that dramatic. I'm relatively sure that it wasn't like that occurs more." When asked whether he would allow the internationals to fly a star hairdresser to the DFB team hotel, Völler replied: "It doesn't have to be, but we used to do worse things."
Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann's harsh criticism of the referees after the 2-3 draw at Borussia Mönchengladbach didn't want the 1990 world champion and former DFB team boss to put too much weight on them. "It wasn't okay. He apologized - and then it's good too," said Völler. The DFB had imposed a fine on Nagelsmann.
