Rummenigge: Congrats To Stuttgart For Finding Fool Paying So Much For Woltemade

At the end of August, Nick Woltemade (23) left VfB Stuttgart and moved to Newcastle United in England for a transfer fee of 85 million euros. Previously, Bayern Munich had also been interested in him but decided against it due to the high transfer fee.

Now Bayern’s Supervisory Board Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (70) is speaking about the drama.

Rummenigge in the show “Blickpunkt Sport” on BR: “You also have to have an authentic opinion about things. Because only then will you be taken seriously, both internally and externally.”

“I say quite honestly: When back then this story about Woltemade and then the demand from Stuttgart came up, I, as well as Uli, as well as Herbert Hainer, as well as Jan Dreesen and also Max Eberl said – folks, we’re slowly getting into magnitudes that I simply no longer find acceptable.”

“We shouldn’t fulfill every demand just to make someone happy – especially the financiers at VfB Stuttgart.”

The sum that Newcastle paid to VfB was by far the highest ever paid by a club for a Stuttgart player. Before Woltemade, defender Pavard was the player with the highest transfer fee; in 19/20, he moved to Munich for 35 million euros.

Rummenigge: “I can only congratulate those in Stuttgart that they – I’m saying this in quotes now – have found an fool who has paid so much money. Because we in Munich would surely not have done that!”

For even more money, Florian Wirtz (22) left the Bundesliga in the summer. He, too, did not switch to Bayern but instead opted for FC Liverpool (transfer fee: €125 million).

Rummenigge: “We actually feel a bit sorry for Florian because he’s a great player, and I believe he would have fit in perfectly with us.