Exclusive | Former England international discusses Premier League exports to Bayern Munich
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Former England international Mark Hateley sat down with Get German Football News to discuss the Premier League’s exports to Bayern Munich.
What improvements have you seen from Michael Olise since his move from Bayern?
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“He’s still scoring goals. That’s one of the players who applies himself, helps out, and does all the hardest stuff, [and] technically, he’s very good. Did he move for the wrong reason? I don’t know. Did he want to go? I don’t know that question. But he has definitely gone to a side that will fulfil what he wants to achieve.
“Bayern under this regime, how they’ve got going, how they play with one another. The young players all look up to the senior players, which is another big, important thing to get the respect from the younger players in the modern game. I think it was definitely the right time for him to go. He’s on that journey right now with a Bayern team that is going to be very dominant domestically and on the European scene.
“Younger players need to be able to see what’s happening. A lot of younger players don’t see, and they’re just led by agents. I’m not having a go at all agents, but I think younger players need to take hold of their own lives and say ‘no’ to some things. With Olise, he’s gone to a good club and gone to good people, and on the back of that, I would like to think it was his decision. It [would] make him settle very, very quickly [if] he’s where he wants to be.”
Another player who moved from the Premier League to Bayern was Harry Kane. Can you see him winning the Ballon d’Or?
“Yes. What’s he on 64 goals? Those are crazy numbers, absolutely crazy numbers. What can you say about Harry? [He’s] now 32. [Most teams’] model for recruitment would go ‘He’s now too old,’ but Harry Kane will play for years. He’s a super intelligent guy, super fit. I know he had that ankle injury that’s probably just been niggling him. He’s clever and [will] adjust his game, a bit like Alan Shearer when he injured his knee. They’re smart players, and Harry is a smart player. And can I say, I think every England fan right now will be thinking, thank goodness he’s getting through these games.
“Harry, at his age, is scoring more goals than anybody on the planet right now. But he does more than that, he doesn’t just score goals, he also creates, he pulls teams all over, he pulls defences all over the place, he makes spaces for his teammates. And at 32, no wonder Bayern will be offering him a contract, without a shadow of a doubt. The length of that contract will be down to Harry. I can’t see Harry leaving Bayern this year at all. You’ve got the ex-players behind him, who sit on the board and are around the club, who will be making sure that that sort of player stays at the club for at least another three years.”
There was a criticism about him when he decided to leave Tottenham. As someone who also left England to play in other leagues, can you relate to why he wanted to leave?
“As someone intelligent, he could see what was going on at [Tottenham] in the background. What’s unfolded this season has been rumbling from the period that Harry was there until the time he left. You get a sense of feeling when you are as intelligent as Harry is; he probably sniffed out the problems. They would have given him whatever he wanted to stay at the football club, but when you’re a professional footballer, you want to come away with something. You want to come away with trophies and more knowledge than when you started the game. I think at Spurs, he was never going to do that. Right time, right move. Olise it was the same thing, right time, right move.”
Mark Hateley was speaking exclusively to GGFN on behalf of NetBet football betting.