the pressure on Löw and the DFB to patch things up until the World Cup is huge
the 2pm press conference today should show this
HOWEVER
this will only be a TRUCE, as demanded by Vogts, Völler, Dummenigge and Co
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I think most of you have NO IDEA how HATED Bierhoff is at the DFB and the Bundesliga
word on the streets of Munich is that Rauball entered the Präsidiumssitzung last week with SPECIFIC instructions from the Bundesliga CLUBS to curb Bierhoff's ambitions
this is NOT just Bierhoff vs Zwanziger
it's Bierhoff vs EVERYBODY (bar Löw)
the Chuzpah of that bastard takes some beating
he wanted
a) a multimillion BONUS (during times when banker bonuses get 80 million Germans furious and people talk about Hartz 4 "Tarife")
+ remember, the Mannschaft has not even been above average successful recently, and is now so unpopular in some German cities that they cannot even fill an entire stadium, like in Hannover
b) he wanted to take over the DFB; the president was just supposed to hand over his power to Bierhoff
c) he wanted to represent the DFB at UEFA and FIFA level
which currently only Beckenbauer and Zwanziger do
so really, Zwanziger would have to stay in Frankfurt so that Bierhoff can go
d) he also wanted to be allowed to fill his own pockets again by working for NIKE, the DFB arch enemy
Bierhoff is so dicredited it's unreal
YET
Netzer and Lattek are WRONG when they think that he is only acting on his own behalf
both Bierhoff and Löw have said a million times that they are a team and discuss everything
in other words, Bierhoff says what Löw agrees with
Löw is now FURIOUS and even called Zwanziger a LIAR
there is NO WAY Löw will drop Bierhoff either
IF Germany become World Champs or runners-up, the DFB would no doubt give BOTH new contracts and more money, but I doubt Löw, who is VERY STUBBORN , would accept
incidentally
nice little irony
Frings and Ballack were FURIOUS with Löw for treating Frings without the respect they thought a Mannschaft veteran of over 70 games for the Vaterland deserved
Löw did not seem to get this
NOW
Löw is furious that the DFB give him a 48 hour ULTIMATUM
he believes that as a Leitender Angestellter of 6 years he DESERVES BETTER
maybe Löw should not expect a kind of treatment by the DFB that he is unwilling to extend to his own players
as for häschen
why do you still defend the Bundescremer ?
your own lover-boy, Metzelder, just gave an interview in kicker, where he savaged Löw