Eintracht Frankfurt President Peter Fischer Drops ‘F Bomb’ As He Takes Potshot at Sadio Mané and Bayern Munich

Eintracht Frankfurt President Peter Fischer Drops ‘F Bomb’ As He Takes Potshot at Sadio Mané and Bayern Munich

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:08 PM
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  • Eintracht Frankfurt will welcome Bayern Munich in the opening game of the new Bundesliga season
  • Peter Fischer, club president of Eintracht Frankfurt, recently joked about Bayern Munich's Sadio Mané
  • Sadio Mané also came in for criticism from former Bayern Munich player Michael Rummenigge

The new Bundesliga season kicks off tomorrow when defending champions, Bayern Munich, take on Eintracht Frankfurt.

Excitement is building for the game, and shots have already been fired between the sides.

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Eintracht Frankfurt's Peter Fischer took a cheeky swipe at Sadio Mané ahead of Bayern Munich's game against the reigning Europa League champions. Image: Alexander Hassenstein/ Markus Gilliar
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Frankfurt president Peter Fischer fired the first salvo when he took a cheeky swipe at Bayern and their new signing, Sadio Mané.

As reported by FOTMOB, Fischer was talking about the upcoming game and how Bayern would be without Lewandowski but would have Mané.

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The president then dropped an ‘F Bomb’ when he quipped “Who the f*** is Mané? He then added that they always did relatively well against Lewandowski as well.

The tongue-in-cheek jibe was made during an interview, but Fischer did clarify that it was just a joke and that he was very passionate about Liverpool and knew that Mané was a good striker who would make the league better.

Frankurt coach Oliver Glasner also had high praise for the Senegalese striker. Glasner worked with Mané when were both at RB Salzburg in 2012.

"I am happy that Sadio is in the Bundesliga now. For Bayern Munich to sign him from Liverpool is evidence of the attractiveness of the Bundesliga," he said.

Mané has already come in for some criticism in the Bundesliga, despite not playing a game as yet. Former Bayern Munich player Michael Rummenigge recently claimed that the striker was not a world-class signing.

Michael Rummenigge doesn't believe Sadio Mané and Matthijs de Ligt are world-class signings for Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich fans are overjoyed with the signings of Sadio Mané and Matthijs de Ligt, but one former player isn’t.

Michael Rummenigge, the brother of former Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, isn’t that impressed with the signings.

Rummenigge, who played as a forward for Munich, Borussia Dortmund and the German national team, believes that neither player are world-class signings, Goal reported.

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Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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