Owner of Bayern Munich said it on Saturday that not the board alone sacked the manager but also the players want the coach to leave the club.
This happened last week after Frankfurt easily destroyed them by 5goals to 1 which made the player feel anyhow and feel embarrassed.
They came back after trashing Dortmund by 4goals to none on Saturday evening.
It was the continuation of a poor start to the season, which had seen Bayern slump down the table and put their defence of the Bundesliga title in doubt.
Captain Manuel Neuer claimed each first-team player could comfortably sit down with the former Croatia boss and his brother Robert, who served as an assistant coach, and "look them in the eyes".
Yet it appears some unnamed individuals had grown tired of the regime.
"There have certainly been currents within the team that wanted Kovac gone," Hoeness told ZDF Sport Studio .
