Bosnian Hasan Salihamidzic, former sporting director of Bayern Munich, responded to German football star Lothar Matthäus, who said yesterday to Sky Sports that Hamidzic denied Hansi Flick the opportunity to sign Bayer Leverkusen player Florian Wirtz even though the coach wanted him.

Hamidzic said: “There was never this story that Lothar Matthäus is talking about. I also never spoke to Flick about the transfer of Florian Wirtz. This Complete nonsense."

He continued: "Lothar, as an expert, should check his sources more carefully before spreading such baseless rumors and not spread lies." Constantly about me and Bayern Munich.”

He continued: “It is true that we have followed Wirtz’s development since he was a young player. The entire scouting department as well as the club have been impressed with his talent and abilities So, after several attempts, we had to We accept that Florian wanted to develop in his family environment and complete his school education at home.”

He concluded: “We respected that during Julian Nagelsmann’s tenure, we looked at Wirtz closely. Even though he had an anterior cruciate ligament injury, that alone shows how convinced we are of him, we wanted to include the player. But at that time, a transfer was not possible due to his contract situation.”