Uli hoeneb left the audi dome depressed and thoughtful. The sometimes harsh accusations against him at the annual general meeting of FC bayern munchen hit the president "very hard," as he admitted in a quiet voice afterwards.
"Tonight there are approaches, as I do not imagine the FC bayern", he had shouted at the end of the event to the nearly 1700 members in the hall of the bayern basketball players. There were whistles and even boos against the club’s president instead of the usual tributes – that was new and remarkable a year before the next presidential election.
The change of mood in the hall took place on friday evening during the agenda item "miscellaneous. Members were allowed to step up to the microphone. One of them attacks hoeneb particularly head-on and vehemently – a novelty at the annual club convention. Johannes bachmayr criticizes the chairman of the supervisory board for interfering in operations, for trampling on former executives or ex-players such as juan bernat. He foments the youngest, unsovereign abuse of the media, speaks of nepotism and condemns the banishment of honorary match leader paul breitner from the honorary tribune. The speech ends with the sentence: "FC bayern is not a one-man show."
Hoeneb reacts piqued: "there were so many untruths in it. I totally reject a discussion on this level."There are boos, whistles. Following the meeting, hoeneb says: "in my time before today, I had said one or two things that I might have regretted tomorrow."But he had promised more objectivity. And that’s why it’s better if he doesn’t say anything about these incidents for the time being, but "sleeps on it.
FC bayern is facing complicated times of upheaval, both in the team, which is currently in a weak state, and in the club’s management. Bavaria legend oliver kahn (49) could become the new karl-heinz rummenigge (63) according to hoeneb’s will. "I can assure you that the name oliver kahn plays a role in our considerations," said the president at the meeting. Hoeneb then became more specific.
He ruled out a transitional solution with kahn as sports director alongside executive board chairman rummenigge: "oliver kahn will be considered if karl-heinz should retire. And until then we will be patient in peace and keep him warm."Kahn would therefore have to wait until the end of 2021. Because hoeneb is sure that rummenigge will extend his contract, which expires at the end of 2019, by another two years. "He’ll do it," said hoeneb: "yes!"Rummenigge has been chief executive officer of FC bayern munchen AG for 16 years.
According to hoeneb, a decision is to be made before christmas as to whether rummenigge will continue as he wishes. "Succeeding a caliber like karl-heinz rummenigge is not an easy thing to do," hoeneb remarked. Rummenigge did not comment on his future.
But the board boss spoke about the team’s transformation, which is to be accomplished with niko kovac as coach. The 47-year-old croatian was assured of the bosses’ support. Kovac "deserves a chance. Hoeneb even reported "a rallying cry between the team and the coach" that is currently underway.
"We will invest in a rough style," hoeneb announced a rough munich transfer offensive in the summer of 2019. The bundesliga crosse’s shopping coffers are well-filled after record sales of 657.4 million euros and almost 30 million euros in profits in 2017/18.
Rummenigge defended holding on to franck ribery and arjen robben, the alleged munich "pensioner band". The face of the future bayern team can already be seen in the present, he says. Rummenigge paid as evidence these eleven on: neuer (32), lewandowski (30), sule (23), thiago (27), james (27), goretzka (23), gnabry (23), tolisso (24), alaba (26), coman (22), kimmich (23), sanches (21) and winter addition alphonso davies (18) from canada.
"I’m not afraid of what lies ahead," said rummenigge. Not even a year ago without winning the bundesliga title: "we can’t become german champions every year. On the contrary. That would be counterproductive."It was an evening with unusual bayern tones.