Bayern Munich brings back Rummenigge to supervisory board

Football
Published 31.05.2023
Bayern Munich brings back Rummenigge to supervisory board

MUNICH — Former chief govt Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is returning to Bayern Munich as a member of the membership’s supervisory board.

Bayern stated on Tuesday that 67-year-old Rummenigge, a former participant and long-time worker of the membership earlier than he made manner for incoming CEO Oliver Kahn in December 2021, was coming again to make sure its continued success.

“He is one the biggest figures in the history of our club, everyone knows what he has done,” Bayern president Herbert Hainer stated. “His experience, his competence and his international network will enormously help Bayern be successful in the future, too.”

Bayern was with no sporting director following the dismissal of Hasan Salihamidžić together with Kahn on Saturday when it received a record-extending eleventh consecutive Bundesliga title.

Bayern introduced Jan-Christian Dreesen as Kahn’s substitute on Sunday, when Hainer stated he would suggest Rummenigge’s return on the membership’s shareholders’ assembly on Tuesday.

Rummenigge, a former striker who scored 162 objectives in 310 Bundesliga appearances for Bayern, received the European Cup with the membership in 1975 and 1976. He additionally received two Bundesliga and two German Cup titles earlier than leaving for Inter Milan in 1984.

He returned to Bayern in 1991 as vp and was the membership’s chief govt from 2002 till Kahn took over. Bayern received 14 Bundesligas, 10 German Cups and two Champions League trophies in that point and Rummenigge helped the Bavarian powerhouse enhance turnover from 176 million euros ($189 million) to 679 million euros ($728 million). The public restricted firm behind Bayern posted a revenue in each monetary yr through the interval, serving to to construct reserves not often seen in debt-ridden European soccer.

Bayern’s supervisory board consists of Hainer as president, Jan Heinemann from stakeholder Adidas, Markus Duesmann of Audi, Werner Zedelius from Allianz, honorary president Uli Hoeneß, Thorsten Langheim from Deutsche Telekom, Dieter Mayer as vice-president, former Bavarian state president Edmund Stoiber, and Rummenigge.

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