Oh, the topic for sure does exist. It is not a new topic either - or something that did not exist prior to Pep. But I think that similar topics exist in about every club and fanbase. But I doubt that a lot people miss the Ottls and Lells of old times. And nobody really wanted a German instead of Thiago or Vidal... It is more a general discussion than a discussion about single players. Actually I do not really see a German player in the league that really would improve Bayern and do not see anybody that would make the starting formation. A lot players seem to be limited with their strength to more counter attacking systems, too.
The topic just cooked high again with Schweinsteiger leaving and United's offer for Müller. The first was the face for Bayern for years - but Müller already had overtaken it some time ago.
Bayern does not have more or less Germans than they had the seasons before.
The situation in between the player is more like this:
You see how all stand together and chat with each other when Pepe Reina paid a visit. And I do not know in which language Pepe, Thiago and Müller talked with each other - but it seems to work...
That players have to learn the language of the country and that the club language is the language of the country, too, is nothing to discuss about. It simply helps you to adapt into a country and to get to know and understand people and culture. I do not think that Barca has a different philosophy than Bayern here. I do not think that Rakitic or Ter Steegen do or did not learn the language. The spanish lads - especially Pepe Reina, Alonso and Thiago speak a very sophisticated German even if they still do not like to give interviews in German - but they have a teacher that usually teaches in Grammar school and seems to teach them German from the basics - especially the Grammar. But it is not their first new language - there is others that for sure have more problems.
