Lothar Matthaus can't see internal rift between Hoeness and Eberl | OneFootball

In an interview with sport.de, Lothar Matthaus has assessed the situation between Uli Hoeness and Max Eberl with the Bayern legend doubting the potential for an internal rift between the two hierarchical figures.

In the last week, honorary president Uli Hoeness has made no secrets of he and Bayern’s desire to sign 21-year-old wonderkid Florian Wirtz.

Hoeness stated it would be a “dream” to bring him to the Allianz Arena and confirmed his interest in Wirtz to BILD, but also explained how the chances of acquiring Leverkusen’s star man are only around “ten percent”.

Sporting director Max Eberl was evidently annoyed by the statements made by Hoeness in the week leading up to Saturday’s top-spiel clash with Xabi Alonso’s team.

Eberl’s response came after Bayern’s successful 2-1 win over UEFA Champions League play-off opponents Celtic on Wednesday night.

"It's all circling around us and I think it's just not appropriate to bring up such an issue, especially before a game like this. That doesn't have to be the case.

"Florian Wirtz is a Bayer Leverkusen player. We have outstanding players in our ranks: Michael Olise, Jamal Musiala. I could name a lot of them,” Eberl explained.

Lothar Matthaus, who made 189 appearances for the Bavarian giants between 1992 and 2000, believes there is no possibility of the duo reaching conflict.

"It's nice when people sometimes have different opinions at FC Bayern. But that doesn't mean that different paths are taken there.

"Uli Hoeneß has this dream, Max Eberl is involved in the day-to-day business and knows how it is received by other clubs. Uli is allowed to dream, Max Eberl is allowed to express his opinion,” said Matthaus.

Meanwhile, Bayer Leverkusen managing director for sport Simon Rolfes insists the comments have not caused any unrest within the German champions' ranks.