Manuel Neuer is on the verge of an astronomical fine from Bayern Munich

Manuel Neuer is set to receive a hefty fine from Bay­ern Munich after a con­tro­ver­sial inter­view with Bay­ern Munich.

The 36-year-old Ger­man has crit­i­cized the Bun­desli­ga cham­pi­ons for sack­ing goal­keep­er coach and close friend Toni Tapalovic.

The mat­ter has already been set­tled between the two sides, but Bay­ern have yet to make a deci­sion, accord­ing to AS.

It could also result in a hefty fine of £1.4m, equiv­a­lent to a mon­th’s wages for a Bay­ern goalkeeper.

Neuer will miss the end of the sea­son after break­ing his leg ski­ing after Ger­many’s World Cup exit.

But his dis­ap­pear­ance from the pitch does­n’t stop him from speak­ing pub­licly about Tapalovic’s deci­sion to sack him.

In an inter­view with Sued­deutsche Zeitung and The Ath­let­ic, he said, “That blow was so dev­as­tat­ing.” That’s what I was told by a club rep­re­sen­ta­tive. It hap­pened so sud­den­ly. Toni too. I did­n’t under­stand it at all. I was real­ly devastated.

“Toni was always a team play­er and every­one saw him that way.

“For 11 and a half years he worked not for me but for the entire GK group, the coach­ing staff and the club. rice field.

I know he’s con­sid­ered “unob­jec­tive” and “untrust­wor­thy”, but he real­ly gets it.

“For me, who was already on the ground (with a bro­ken leg), it was dev­as­tat­ing. It felt like my heart was being cut.

“It was the most bru­tal event of my career.” And I have expe­ri­enced many things. ”

In response, sport­ing direc­tor Hasan Sal­i­hamidžić said: “From my point of view, I would not have agreed to be inter­viewed, espe­cial­ly since the club is in the limelight.”

“It monop­o­lizes news­pa­per space and is not use­ful for main­tain­ing peace,” he said.

Bay­ern, who are chas­ing an 11th con­sec­u­tive title, are top of the Bundesliga.

How­ev­er, they are one point behind sec­ond-placed Union Berlin and two behind Borus­sia Dortmund.