{"id":590472,"date":"2026-04-17T21:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/590472\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T21:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:20:13","slug":"uli-hoenes-explains-why-he-stopped-vincent-kompany-from-bringing-xavi-simons-to-bayern-munich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/590472\/","title":{"rendered":"Uli Hoene\u00df explains why he stopped Vincent Kompany from bringing Xavi Simons to Bayern Munich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">When Uli Hoene\u00df speaks, the earth shakes. This time, he revealed that he was the one responsible for blocking the transfer of Xavi Simons to Bayern Munich last summer. Apparently, both Vincent Kompany and Christoph Freund traveled to his house at Tegernsee to beg for a transfer, but the FC Bayern ex-President was resolute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hoene\u00df recounted the incident on the Podcast Auf eine wei\u00df-blaue Tasse (via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/2045144297847066730\" rel=\"nofollow\">@iMiaSanMia<\/a>). This was part of a wider interview where he touched on a number of relevant topics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cVincent Kompany was at Tegernsee [last summer],\u201d said Hoene\u00df. \u201cHe drove out there with Christoph Freund, and said: \u2018Uli, we need Xavi Simons\u2019. I had put an apple pie on the table for the meeting and replied: \u2018Vincent, you can have another piece of the apple pie, but you\u2019re not getting Xavi. We want you to play the young players\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cAnd he did exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWe had some real disagreements within our club that summer,\u201d added Hoene\u00df (via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/2045145330698571791?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">@iMiaSanMia<\/a>). \u201cThere were some really big disputes because some of our people in charge wanted to spend \u20ac100-150m more for some serious signings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cBut the older heads prevailed, mainly because we said: If you want to give the youngsters a chance, then you have to make space for them. If we buy players for \u20ac100-150m, it\u2019s obvious that the coach would have to play them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In the end, it seems like the gamble paid off. Vincent Kompany has given a debut to a record number of teenagers this season, and Lennart Karl has burst onto the scene, filling the void left by absence of a more established player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Meanwhile Xavi Simons, the main target of last summer, ended up going to Tottenham Hotspur for a deal worth around \u20ac65m. The Dutchman has struggled since the move, and Spurs currently find themselves staring down the barrel of relegation in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">So Uli Hoene\u00df was right in the end. Did he just get lucky? You be the judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Uli Hoene\u00df speaks, the earth shakes. 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