Oliver Kahn in @SPORTBILD interview, his first since his Bayern dismissal: "It says a lot when one of the most coveted coaches in Europe, who led a team full of difficult stars in Paris to the Champions League final and won the Champions League with Chelsea, has to fight so many difficulties in Munich. Bayer Leverkusen have played an extraordinary season in the Bundesliga. They have an unbelievable winning run, regularly winning games towards the end and in stoppage time. At some point this will scratch Bayern's self-image, but you have to recognize that another team is playing a season of the century. This was the only way to knock FC Bayern off their throne at some point. In Europe, things are looking different. The chance to be among the best four in Europe is there"

[@altobelli13, @cfbayern] Kahn on the decision to part ways with Tuchel: "I can't judge what problems there were because I'm no longer involved. I always perceived him positively as an open conversation partner who developed during his successful time in Paris and Chelsea. His international experience can now be an important factor in reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League."

Former Arsenal and Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann on tonight's game: "Arsenal are slight favourites. But Bayern are still a team with players who can always make the difference and also have the experience to win big tight games. From my perspective, they have more weaknesses than Arsenal. The organization, for example. Inconsistency is mostly a matter of organization. Arsenal also maintain a high pace throughout most positions. That is lacking at Bayern. And Arsenal are defensively more stable."

[@kessler_philipp] Lehmann: "FC Bayern are unpredictable this season. Sometimes they deliver good results, then they lose unexpectedly. Arsenal, on the other hand, are very consistent – both in the Champions League and the Premier League. Though it must be said that they haven't been truly challenged in the Champions League yet. I was at the Round of 16 match against Porto in the stadium, and Arsenal were not really convincing. They only advanced through a penalty shootout. They didn't have real solutions upfront. But I think Bayern will suit them better. They're a team that usually wants to control the game. So, I don't see this as a disadvantage for Arsenal. But as I said, Bayern still have very good players who can win games on their own."

Matthijs de Ligt in @VI_nl interview

• On regaining his starting spot at Bayern: "I've started 10 of the past 12 matches. And I feel like I'm getting fitter and better, which is a very good feeling. I started the season with an injury and that is of course always very annoying. I needed time to come back and then I also suffered a knee injury. As a result, I missed a lot of matches and at a club like Bayern Munich you have to deal with a lot of competition with international players" de Ligt on rumours of his potential departure because he wasn't playing: "I think that mainly has to do with the expectations from outside. When I don't play, then a link is immediately made saying that I would not be happy and would want to leave. Of course there have also been matches that I would have liked to play, but I really have no reason to complain. I'm still having a great time at Bayern Munich and have been playing again lately. I never let rumors get to my head because I know what the reality is"

Max Eberl in @SPORTBILD interview: "There's already a lot of talk that there will be a big cut [in the squad]. But first I have to get together with Christoph Freund to get an idea about ​​how to finish the season in the best possible way in the short term. In the Champions League we are now playing against Arsenal, a top international team. We'll approach these games with courage - our goal is of course to reach the semi-finals. In the Bundesliga we are clearly in Leverkusen’s rearview mirror. We also have to decide: Who will be the coach from summer onwards. That is the biggest and most crucial question."

[@altobelli13, @cfbayern]

⤵️ Eberl on whether Thomas Tuchel could still stay next season: "The decision was made without me having a single word involved, even though it was reported differently. And that's completely fine. The decision to part ways was made together by the club and the coach. There was no discussion, no thought that we would not stick to this decision."

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on attempts to revive the Super League project: "Nobody in Germany would move into the Super League, that would cause a revolution among the fans."

Did they try with Bayern [to join]?

KHR: "Yes, but they didn't come to me. They tried with Oliver Kahn, my designated successor at the time. Me, Uli Hoeneß and president Hainer said: “Never with us. We want to win, but within the rules” - PSG thought so as well"

[@Gazzetta_it] Rummenigge: "It's not going to go anywhere. English, German and French teams will never take part. Then Real and Barcelona can play the tournament by themselves"

Leroy Sané in @SPORTBILD interview

On the Frankfurt game: "That was bad from all of us. There are no excuses. We weren't present enough from the start - and Eintracht were very efficient. It was a Saturday to forget. For us now it's about showing the right reaction quickly"

[@altobelli13, @itstheicebird] Sané on his duo with Harry Kane: "Harry is an incredible player - it's a huge pleasure to play alongside him. He has an unbelievable understanding of the game. We have processes that we trained, we know in which spaces each of us stands. But sometimes we have to react to the situation because things that we didn't discuss can happen. That's intuition. For example when I run towards the left, he knows he has to go to the right. We complement each other well. He's simply an incredible striker, one of the best in the world - if not the best"

Christoph Freund in interview with the club's magazine #Säbener51: "FC Bayern is a very, very exciting and impressive club. The way the club is structured, being so approachable despite its size, is unique in the world. The annual general meeting and the members' regular meeting the evening before were completely new experiences for me. The way the members live this club is something very special. It was an intense three months. The conclusion is entirely positive, it’s fun – and I’m glad that after 17 years I took the step out of Salzburg and into the big world of football."
Freund on how he perceived Bayern as a kid: "I was a big fan of FC Tirol: Hansi Müller and Bruno Pezzey, they were my heroes. Bayern Munich, on the other hand, was the big world for me, pretty far away from Austrian football. As an eleven-year-old, I was with my dad at the Olympiastadion for the UEFA Cup semi-final against Napoli. I can still remember Diego Maradona warming up, juggling the ball to “Live Is Life”. Those were formative experiences."

Harry Kane in @SkySportDE interview with @Plettigoal

Q: How did the coaching team analyze the defeat against Leipzig, and how's the atmosphere within the team before the match in Bremen?

Kane: "We are ready to bounce back" Kane: "As a footballer, you want to focus on the next game after such a defeat in your own stadium. I'm looking forward to the start of the Bundesliga. I was able to get to know my teammates a little bit in training. The weather was perfect. Hopefully I can help with goals"

Bacary Cissé: "Sadio was professional until the end, but the people in charge at Bayern weren't fair. They first leaked to the media they were ready to sell him for €20m. But after he returned to training and they saw he was doing well, they raised the price to €30m [@AfterRMC] Cissé: "It wasn't a footballing decision. Sadio's salary bothered the Germans, they didn't understand how an African joins the club and becomes the top earner ahead of everyone, so they wanted to get rid of him"

Bayern actually wanted to continue the partnership with Qatar Airways, but the Emir of Qatar personally pulled the plug on the deal. It was certainly not Bayern who decided to end the partnership due to pressure from fans, especially since the deal brought them €25m/year [@SZ] Ultimately, several factors were decisive for the separation, all of which have to do with how Qatar perceives the general socio-political situation in Germany. In Doha, they were also unhappy with the massive critics by Bayern fans at the last AGM [@SZ]

Hansi Flick on tomorrow's Germany vs Colombia: "We are looking forward to this game, it will be an exciting and important game for our path and our development. Colombia is a team that's very aggressive off the ball. Everyone is available. All players have trained and are fit" Hansi Flick: "Malick Thiaw will play tomorrow. He did an excellent job (against Poland)

On Gündogan: "He can play in any team. He has brought quality in recent years and is an intelligent player and person who is important for me."

Things have gone quiet at Bayern regarding the search for a new striker, and that's unlikely to change anytime soon. In the past few days, a scenario has been discussed internally - and that's giving Mathys Tel more game time as a striker next season [@kerry_hau] ⤵️ Bayern currently have no top candidate and don't want to get into activism with a view to the excessive prices of strikers. The general opinion is: instead of signing an expensive striker that not everyone is convinced of, rather give Tel his chance [@kerry_hau]

Leon Goretzka in @SPORT1 interview: "I have no other plans than staying at Bayern. We have big plans for next year, as Jo (Kimmich) said after the Ukraine game." [@kerry_hau, @berger_pj] Goretzka: "We joked here with Marc-André ter Stegen. He told us that in Barcelona they are very happy that we won the league - because of that they will not draw us in the Champions League. Next year we want to and will really attack in all competitions."

Official: Tarek Buchmann (18) has signed a 3-year professional contract at FC Bayern until 2026 Buchmann: "It's a big honor for me to sign my first professional contract with FC Bayern. I know what a privilege it is to play for this club. The club has always given me great support and encouragement, I feel a lot of trust."

Bayern have no intention of letting Lucas Hernández go easily and are planning further talks with his agent Manuel García Quilón this month. A final decision has not been made, although the tendency is towards a separation. Bayern have yet to set a deadline [@kerry_hau] The talks between Bayern and Hernández have been very open and fair so far. There's no bad blood between both sides. Hernández does not want a clash with Bayern. If he really wants to go, the club would only sell for a reasonable fee [@kerry_hau]

Jamal Musiala: "Joshua Kimmich is the hungriest player at FC Bayern. He's angry even when he loses a small game in training. He's incredibly hungry, sometimes maybe too hungry (laughs). Everyone can look up to his mentality" [@SPORTBILD] Musiala on Kimmich/Barcelona rumours: "He's a role model for other players and has the Bayern DNA. I definitely cannot imagine that he would leave"

Joshua Kimmich and the midfield issues were among topics discussed within the people currently in charge. The opinion is that Kimmich never managed to have a homogeneous partnership with his partner in midfield. The word used was 'missing symbiosis' [@altobelli13, @cfbayern] Kimmich is undisputed for Thomas Tuchel. Internally, he is said to have described him as his most important outfield player. However, the coach no longer sees him as the #6 in front of the defence, but a bit more attacking next to a defensively stronger teammate [@SPORTBILD]

Lothar Matthäus on Hansi Flick: "He knows he will be criticized when things don't go well - and rightly so. But he shouldn't lose his head now. The start against Ukraine wasn't bad, the team also showed mentality against Belgium and were greeted with applause" [@kessler_philipp] Matthäus: "But there hasn't been a game for a long time where you could have noticed over the 90 minutes that we could do something better. Of course Hansi takes that to heart, I'm convinced of that."

Uli Hoeneß in @SZ interview: "We wanted Oliver & Hasan to find out (about the dismissal) directly from us, we wanted to keep the topic away from the team before the game in Köln and we wanted to announce it to the public immediately after telling the players in the dressing room" Hoeneß: "I've heard that 85% of people think we've done the right thing, and we get a lot of messages from members and fans who think it was okay."

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on his return: "I feel the need to stand by the club where I spent 40 years of my life as a player, vice president and CEO. It's important now to bring calm to the club quickly. FC Bayern has always been successful as a unit" [@dpa] Rummenigge: "We have to create a hierarchy in the team again. You don't always have to blow hundreds of millions of euros into the transfer market. But you have to have a functional team on the pitch"

Jamal Musiala in @SPORTBILD interview: "I'm totally relieved and very happy, that we could take the title back to Munich in the last moment. It's an unbelievable feeling" [@altobelli13] Musiala: "Personally, I'm incredibly happy that I finally scored a goal again, and it was a very important one"