The injured captain Manuel Neuer received the trophy from his new boss at 5:41 p.m. – albeit only a copy: After the eleventh championship title in a row, FC Bayern Munich received the championship trophy. And it was Jan-Christian Dreesen, previously CFO and Deputy Chairman of the Board, who handed it over in his function as DFL official.
Despite winning the championship title again, FC Bayern Munich is taking personal action after an extremely troubled and unsatisfactory season. CEO Oliver Kahn (53) and sports director Hasan Salihamidzic (46) are released from their duties at the German record champions. Club President Herbert Hainer confirmed the separation after previously the “Kicker” and the “Bild”. had reported.
Kahn’s successor will be the former CFO Jan-Christian Dreesen (55). The chief financial officer should actually leave the club shortly. Kahn was already absent from the Cologne stadium on Saturday, club circles cited flu as the reason.
Originally, future decisions were only expected at the Supervisory Board meeting, which was postponed to next Tuesday. However, there is said to have been an extraordinary meeting of the committee around Honorary President Uli Hoeneß beforehand.
FC Bayern has had a very troubled season in which the most expensive squad failed to achieve any sporting successes. Timing, handling and communication of the change of coach from Julian Nagelsmann to Thomas Tuchel, which took place two months ago, caused internal and external debates. Kahn and Salihamidzic did not give a good picture.
Tuchel only warned on Friday that the club premises on Säbener Straße in Munich had to become a “resting place” for the team again.
The former national goalkeeper and Bayern captain Kahn returned to FC Bayern in early 2020. He became a board member on a five-year contract. Two years ago, he replaced the longstanding CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
Salihamidzic was also a successful Bayern professional. In 2017 he surprisingly became sports director, three years later he was promoted to sports director. (dpa)
Source: Tagesspiegel
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