Hasan Salihamidžić on rumours that the team influenced the signing of Costa: "This is a fairy tale. At Bayern, tasks and competencies have been clearly distributed for decades: the team plays football, the management takes care of the squad. Squad planning is not the team's job."
Salihamidžić: "The management maintains a good relationship with the team council, we exchange ideas. But certainly not about the squad planning."
Salihamidžić on Douglas Costa: "Thanks to him, we are even stronger on the wings than we were last season. We now have four players with different profiles, who are strong dribblers. That makes us unpredictable."
Salihamidžić on Bayern's window: "We are satisfied. The tight schedule and the loss of many players from last season made it necessary to expand with the squad both in terms of quality and depth. Some people also forgot that we secured Nübel, Kouassi and Sané by July."
Salihamidžić on Bouna Sarr: "We've known him for a long time. He's an excellent footballer, fast, aggressive and agile. He'll liven up our game. If he plays to his best ability, he will help us very much." [Kicker]