Bayern Munich President, Karl-Heinze Rummenigge; coach, Pep Guardiola; players; Arjen Robben, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Franck Ribery, Xabi Alonso, Thomas Muller, Claudio Pizarro etc all let their hair down at the 2014 Christmas party held yesterday December 7, 2014.
The players and their friends/girlfriends or wives were in good spirits as they stormed the chef Alfons Schuhbeck’s theatre, venue of the festive event.
Photocredit: Getty Images/ Daily Mail
The richest football team in the world, Real Madrid has topped Forbes’ list of the most valuable football teams in the world. The nine-time champions of Europe are reportedly worth $3.44 billion. And for the first time since Forbes began ranking, two Spanish teams, Real Madrid and Barcelona, have occupied the top two spots.
Top 5 teams
(1) Real Madrid ($3.44 billion)
(2) Barcelona ($3.28 billion)
(3) Manchester United ($2.81 billion)
(4) Bayern Munich ($1.85 billion)
(5) Arsenal ($1.33 billion)
Chelsea striker and former Barcelona player, Samuel Eto’o has opened up on his relationship with his former boss, Pep Guardiola while at the spanish club. The Cameroonian revealed that during the 2008/2009 season, the incumbent Bayern Munich coach spoke to him on few occasions and used other players to communicate more.
“I first of all reminded Guardiola that he’d never been a great player. He was a good player, that’s true. I told him. As a coach, he had proven nothing. He came in and didn’t even know the story of the dressing room. Guardiola has never had the courage to say things in front of me. He passed by the players. Xavi told me they wanted me to stay but I had to talk to Pep. I say “never, if you do not respect me, I do not respect you. There were three occasions when he spoke to me that season.
One was when he wanted me to speak to Yaya Toure, who didn’t want to talk to him either. Another was when he told me how to move like a striker. I told him: “You’re not normal!” The true story is that Pep didn’t respect the things in football.
He shook hands with me when I was at Inter and I played against Barca, but this was just for the cameras and TV. Behind the scenes before the match, he did not greet me.’
The barrage of insults unleashed on Arsene Wenger these days though! Very soon we might start drawing up the list of players and Managers who have slammed the French boss. Bayern’s Arjen Robben has angrily lashed out at the Arsenal coach after the latter tagged him a “good diver” in the wake of the German’s club victory over the Gunners last night.
The 63 year-old Manager who faulted his penalty was quoted thus after last night match, “He is a very good diver, but that is the way it goes. It is the referee – Robben is a fantastic player, but he doesn’t need to do it. He gets in front of the player, he goes down. We spoke about this yesterday. If the referee gives him a yellow card he will not do it again.”
The Holland international hit back at him, “I always say if you are a big manager then take your loss. If you win be happy, enjoy, but if you lose don’t complain about silly things. It was two legitimate penalties but I don’t want to defend myself. From a big manager you expect a little bit more.”
After an outstanding career at Barcelona FC, Josep Pep Guardiola will on July 2013 take over as manager of Bayern Munich football club, ruling out chances of joining defending Champions League title holder, Chelsea FC.
Though the worth of the deal cannot be ascertained, sources say it will last for 3 years and Bayern’s current manager, Jupp Heynckes is expected to bow out at the end of this season.
During his reign in Barcelona, the 42 year-old Guardiola won 14 trophies in four seasons.
Goodluck Pep
