A fine for Olise? “Case closed as far as we’re concerned”

Bayern Munich’s sporting director, Max Eberl, is keeping his cards close to his chest regarding a possible fine for Michael Olise following his unnecessary red card in the Champions League. “We’ve discussed it internally and put it behind us. As far as we’re concerned, the matter is closed,” Eberl said ahead of Saturday’s Bundesliga home game (6:30 p.m./Sky) against RB Leipzig.

With the score at 3–2 in favor of Germany’s record-holding soccer champions, Olise let himself be provoked by former Fürth player Zlatko Tripic during Tuesday’s match against Viking Stavanger and threw the ball at Tripic’s head. This resulted in a yellow-red card. “The red card is absolutely ridiculous,” said coach Vincent Kompany after the 3–3 draw, in which his Munich team had come back from a 0–2 deficit. Regarding a possible internal fine for Olise, Eberl had said that they would discuss it “calmly.”

Matthäus: “That’s childish”

Lothar Matthäus, who holds the record for most national team appearances, doesn’t want to make too much of the ejection anyway. “You don’t have to forgive him at all, and you shouldn’t punish him twice or three times over now. He knows himself what he did wrong. He just has to learn from it,” Matthäus told RTL/Sky Sport. “Fines or no fines—this is child’s play. He’s punished himself by not being able to play against Arsenal in the Champions League. I believe he’ll learn from this.”

Eberl did not confirm media reports of an alleged agreement with star striker Harry Kane through the summer of 2029. “The talks are going well. We’re hopeful, but there’s nothing to announce yet,” said the Bayern official. Kane’s contract in Munich expires at the end of the season. Both sides want to extend the contract. Kane joined Bayern from Tottenham Hotspur in the summer of 2023 for a Munich-record transfer fee of around 100 million euros and has been scoring goals left and right ever since.