Bayern Munich change responsibilities of key executives
Bayern Munich have enjoyed positive results over the last two seasons after one significantly poor season where they ended up losing the Bundesliga title to Bayer Leverkusen. Vincent Kompany has managed to bring calmness to Bayern. The Belgian coach has done an exceptional job and provided the much-needed stability at Die Roten.
Along with Kompany, the senior executives behind the scenes have also done better with their job. The likes of Max Eberl and Christoph Freund have endured difficult transfer markets, but they have enjoyed a healthy success rate with new signings and facilitated departures for players not in the head coach’s plans.
The recently concluded summer transfer window was one of the most efficient ones for Die Roten in the last five years. Bayern completed all new signings before the team travelled for a pre-season tour of Asia. They also managed to recoup decent fees for fringe players, who had no future at the club.
Courtesy of the good work in the transfer window, Bayern decided to ensure stability at the executive level. They extended contracts of Jan-Christian Dreesen, Max Eberl, and Christoph Freund until 2029.
Dreesen will continue as the CEO at Bayern, while Eberl and Freund serve as director of sport and sporting director, respectively. While talking to AZ last week, Bayern’s supervisory board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge insisted that there will be a slight change in the responsibilities of Eberl and Freund
Eberl will no longer have the remit of managing the academy. Freund will be the main man when it comes to handling the campus and helping Die Roten have more players coming through the reserves and make it to the first team. Eberl will be working a level above Freund. He is more likely to be involved in the transfers and contract negotiations.
Bayern balanced books by sales at academy level
Die Roten got fairly decent fees for players that left the first team on permanent basis, but nowhere close to numbers they wanted to offset the money spent on new signings.
Rummenigge admitted that the strength of the academy helped them to maintain economic balance. The money raised by the departures of a few academy players helped Die Roten to balance the books.
In an ideal scenario, Bayern provide the suitable development path to youth players to ensure they make it to the senior level. This will help in replenishing the first team and also bring economic gains from players who don’t make it at Bayern.
