Bayern Munich president, Uli Hoeness has come out to say that he “cried like a baby” because of the support he got during his time in prison for tax evasion.
He said that he believes the club’s supporters know that he would “rip his a** open” for every one of them.
Uli has been at Bayern for 49 years. He started as a player, then as general manager and finally as the club’s president, a position he will step down from on November 15 this year.
Speaking on the tax saga, he added that he regrets it and he was justly criticized.
His words, “My biggest mistake was my taxation,”
“I deeply regret it and criticism of it is highly justified.
“In hard times, I remember the fates of some of the people that I saw in there. One day, somebody sat in my cell, even though he was free to go. He said he did not know what to do. At some point, he was just sitting in a taxi with nowhere to go. Experiences like that are not lost on me.”
“I knew that I would have to go to prison,”
“Franck Ribery cried and the fans sang my name. That moved me beyond belief.”
“Some of the letters I got in prison were so touching that I cried like a baby in my cell,”
“When I look out the window in the morning, I’m happy with my 49 years at Bayern,”
“I have not regretted a single day and I owe everything to this club – not even as an employee but I’ve always felt like the number one fan. I feel nothing but gratitude.
“I can only smile about [criticism]. I think the fans know that, deep down, I have always ripped open my a** and given everything for them.”
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