Hoffenheim director Frank Briel has hit out at Bayern Munich’s transfer policy, saying they benefit from other Bundesliga clubs’ hard work by poaching the best talent from academies.
Bayern are well known for hoovering up the best young players in Germany, a practice which has seen them totally dominate the Bundesliga in recent years.
No other side has won the title since Borussia Dortmund in 2011-12 and three star players from that squad – Robert Lewandowski, Mario Gotze and Mats Hummels – ended up at Bayern.
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Hoffenheim were left furious earlier this year when Bayern signed two of their brightest academy prospects in Mamin Sanyang and Armindo Sieb, and some acrimony between the clubs clearly still remains.