Forever a works club: with title in hand and VW at their back, Wolfsburg’s success would not have been possible without the carmaker — and their rivals know it. When Klaus Allofs accused Bayern of distorting competition in 2015, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge tartly advised Wolfsburg never again to talk about distortion of competition, since everyone in Germany knew how they had financed players like Gustavo, De Bruyne and Schürrle.