Bayern Munich president Herbert Hainer has claimed that there was no chance that the club were going to terminate goalkeeper Manuel Neuer's contract in a similar style to what Manchester United did with Cristiano Ronaldo after similarly incendiary interviews.
Neuer, 36, is currently sidelined for the season with a fractured leg injury suffered while skiing back in his homeland just days after returning from the World Cup following Germany's elimination during the group stages. Last month, Bayern dispensed with the club's long-time goalkeeper coach Toni Tapalović, who was also a close friend of Neuer's.
The player has since conducted a pair of unsanctioned interviews with The Athletic's Raphael Honigstein as well as the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung. Such actions have drawn comparisons to the way Ronaldo sat down with Piers Morgan, which led to the player's second spell at Old Trafford ending "by mutual agreement, with immediate effect".
