Former Bayern Munich player Lothar Matthäus fired back at comments made by the club's honorary president, Uli Hoeneß, about the club's sports planning, saying that the former chief "isn't the boss anymore."

In his column on Sky Sports, the legendary midfielder acknowledged Hoeneß as a "creator of the club" who "has every right to speak his mind," but added that "often when he does, it causes unrest."

"In terms of their positions, Max Eberl and Christoph Freund are the ones making the decisions, but you can see from these comments where the real power still lies," he explained in the article.

Regarding the need to sell players before making new signings, as mentioned by the honorary president, Matthäus stated that both Eberl and Freund "know very well that new players can only come to Bayern if there are one or two major departures first," sarcastically adding that "Bayern doesn't care about money."

In that sense, the retired midfielder criticized that Hoeneß "let Oliver Kahn and Hasan Salihamidžić" waste, in his view, the club's money, and therefore "doesn't want anything to go wrong again."

Matthäus shared his own sports planning ideas, in which he would keep "Joshua Kimmich as a number six, something that wasn't the case under Tuchel," and Matthijs de Ligt, given that "he has personality and leadership qualities."

"The squad is large and expensive. De Ligt knows what's going on, and Serge Gnabry, Kingsley Coman, and their directors can read the newspapers," he concluded regarding the sale rumors.