Uli Hoeness has had to defend his comments over Nicolas Jackson’s loan from Chelsea to Bayern Munich.
The striker joined on loan on deadline day for a hefty fee, but Hoeness made sure to point out he wasn’t staying permanently as he would have to play 40 games for a purchase obligation to come into effect.
That was perceived as a criticism of the player by some reports, and the honorary Bayern president has now had to clarify his point.
“Everything I said was very helpful to him. Everything I said was meant to help him,” he said.
“What really annoyed me was how stupid some journalists are. They’re now interpreting my statements about Jackson as if I had something against him.
“They weren’t paying attention in maths. He can’t possibly play these 40 games.
“That’s all I said. I wanted to help Max [Eberl, sporting director] with that because they accused him of allowing this option.”
Bayern’s top appearance maker last season was Joshua Kimmich with 50 in all competitions.
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