Yann Sommer (34) is currently the undisputed regular keeper at Bayern Munich. But what happens when Manuel Neuer (36) returns? © Sven Hoppe/dpa
“At the end of the day, football is a ‘daily business’,” explained Foletti, the goalkeeper coach of the Swiss national team, in an interview with the evening newspaper and explained: “For me, the duel with Neuer doesn’t matter at all. Yann should concentrate on his things.”
The only thing that could directly influence Sommer are “the training sessions and good performances at the weekend,” said Foletti.
Computer has been on the pitch with the record champions for a few days as the successor to long-time goalkeeping coach and new confidante Toni Tapalovic (42).
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Sommer has his place in the Bayern goal without question, Neuer will be out for a long time after his skiing accident. The comeback is planned for the summer, but then the competition between the posts should become exciting again.
In any case, the 48-year-old simply doesn’t want to commit at the moment who will ultimately have the upper hand in the Bayern box: “We’ll see what will happen in the summer, after all there are two world-class goalkeepers.”
After the round of 16 Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain there should be a meeting with calculator.
“When you’re new to a club, you have to get to know the people in a good way as soon as possible. On the other hand, as a coach, of course you also have your idea of training. It takes a certain willingness to compromise. At the end of the day As a goalkeeper coach, I am a service provider,” said Foletti about the computer’s task.
He “doesn’t have to be my goalkeeper’s best buddy,” said the former keeper.
The 48-year-old is by no means lacking in expertise. In Gregor Kobel (25) at Borussia DortmundJonas Omlin (29) and Borussia Monchengladbach and summer at Bayern Foletti looks after three Swiss goalkeepers in the Bundesliga.
