- Thomas Tuchel gave a blunt response to rumours linking Eric Dier to Bayern
- Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou previously said the links were ‘not on my radar’
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Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel gave a blunt response to a question linking Tottenham‘s Eric Dier to the German giants.
Dier was not included in the Spurs squad for their 1-0 win in the FA Cup over Burnley, and Ange Postecoglou insisted afterwards that the defender was injured, despite Bayern’s reported interest in the 29-year-old, who is out of favour in North London.
Tuchel was quizzed about the potential move, and had a slightly humorous response to the way that the question was phrased – without giving anything away.
As reported by The Sun, when asked how Dier sounds, Tuchel shot back: ‘English!’
He refused to comment on the potential move, adding: ‘Have you already asked the sporting director? There will be no comment from me.’
Thomas Tuchel gave a blunt reply when asked about Eric Dier’s potential move to Bayern
Dier was excluded from the Spurs squad on Friday, but Ange Postecoglou said he was injured
Some fans took Tuchel’s comments to mean that Dier’s move was not his idea, but that of more senior officials at Bayern.
On Friday night following the FA Cup win, Spurs boss Postecoglou insisted that he knew nothing about Dier’s links to Bayern Munich, and told a reporter not to question his integrity.
Asked about Dier, Postecoglou said: ‘Yeah, he’s injured. He just pulled up sore, didn’t train yesterday.’
Pressed on the links between Dier and Bayern Munich, he said: ‘Separate issue, mate, but don’t question my integrity when I say he’s injured. He’s injured, didn’t train yesterday.
‘Ask him, but he was injured, got nothing to do with anything else.
‘I’ve got no idea [about Bayern]. It’s of no interest. When you ask me whether he’s injured, he’s injured. Like I didn’t make that up.
‘If he wasn’t injured, I’d say to you he wasn’t selected. It’s easier for me to say. He’s injured and in terms of anything else that’s happening, not on my…