Uli Hoeneß

But I think that maybe Harry Kane would be ahead of that because they're doing a campaign as well, Marcus.

Not Harry Kane, but all the leaders of Max Eber, Uli Hoeneß, Everybody is kind of speaking highly of him.

The big German football nation do that.

I don't see any campaigning for Erling.

Didn't say they have to spend £120 million.

You know, I think it's actually a fabricated quote, but the Uli Hoeneß quote from Ba- yeah, Bayern Munich.

You know, if you just spend a few more minutes, you can see it doesn't- Yeah ...

it is actually, I think, I think no one's ever- No, I think it is fabricated ... fabricated this quote.

Now, maybe that means he ultimately would've left for Liverpool anyway, but regardless of all that, Bayern had him in their s- crosshairs for years.

Uli Hoeneß has a long-standing relationship with the family.

Max Eberl rolled out the red carpet for him.

And if you remember at the time, where this kind of went astray for Bayern Munich, and ultimately the price would be something that would be the final decision-making point for Wirtz, I mean, he was gonna make just more money at Liverpool, and Liverpool was gonna pay Bayer Leverkusen more money for him.

He's going to be working behind the scenes to make sure that the next great German player doesn't get swept up in the mess that currently is German football.

That's what he's aiming to do, and he's already taken some barbs from people like Uli Hoeneß and Lothar Matthäus, two guys who, believe it or not, I absolutely respect and like.

I know not everybody does, but I do.

And I know Lothar has become the, the hot take master over the years and, and Uli is no stranger to getting involved in verbal altercations with anybody and fighting neighbors about trees and all of that, right? We know this, but Klopp should be Teflon at this point.

He's the guy calling the shots.

He's the guy that's going to fix this, and if he's not the guy, then guess what? Germany's screwed.

So I think if I was everybody else, even these guys like Lothar and Uli Hoeneß who I respect and admire, everybody's got to buy in here.

This is not a situation where I think division is gonna help because Germany is at rock bottom, and you can say, "Well, well, they made the World Cup," blah, blah.

It's money-making, you have to say.

Bayern's honorary president Uli Hoeneß said the obligation clause would only be met if Jackson started 40 games, not including the German Cup, so it was never, it was never reachable.

However, J- Jackson just started 13 games across the competitions that were valid, that being the Bundesliga and the Champions League.

So it was never gonna happen, basically.

So bear with me.

He said, Hans Joachim Wirtz, father and agent of Florian Wirtz, has received personal approaches in recent days and weeks from Barcelona, particularly through Hansi Flick, Bayern Munich through Uli Hoeneß and Chelsea senior leadership, each making their admiration for his son unmistakably clear and each prepared to watch the season closely, knowing that should even the faintest door open next summer, they will be ready to walk through it.

Hans Joachim had listened to them respectfully, but his answer has carried the same conviction throughout.

Neither he nor Florian has any desire to turn away from England's grand institution, Liverpool Football Club.

But the game itself, it, it, it was kinda fitting that it followed the way the weekend started.

I mean, we found out Friday Uli Hoeneß is getting sued over trees on his property.

Just a wild story that we covered on BFW.

I mean, this, to have a, a...

Uh, one neighbor I could really care less about, and the other one, you know, pretty good neighbor, uh, always willing to lend a hand, all that kinda thing.

But it's so funny, because you don't think about, you know, the top-tier class of people, the richest of the rich, having to deal with some of the same problems we do.

And in this case, Uli Hoeneß [laughs] is being taken to court over trees on his property.

Just wild, wild stuff.