The task for Max Eberl at FC Bayern Munich could hardly be more challenging. The German football leader, who is used to success, is threatened with his first season without a title, and a new coach also needs to be found and the team needs to be rebuilt.
Eberl will be asked today at his official presentation in the Allianz Arena how the new sports director hired by RB Leipzig wants to lead the Munich team back to sovereignty and success. The press conference with Bayern’s new hope begins at 11 a.m.
After the position of sports director had been vacant for nine months, the Munich team brought the native of Lower Bavaria to Säbener Straße as a dream solution. Eberl signed for more than three years until June 2027. FCB announced this on after the supervisory board had finally approved the prominent transfer for the executive suite. Eberl’s former club RB Leipzig, where the manager has recently been on leave for months, will receive a transfer fee for the 50-year-old.
Bayern are paying a lot for the top official, who once learned to play football with the in-house youth team and became a professional. The expectations of the long-time successful manager of Borussia Mönchengladbach are correspondingly high. “We are convinced that he will successfully shape and shape the future of this club,” said club president Herbert Hainer.
Eberl has the following tasks
Search for a coach: Thomas Tuchel’s contract ends early in the summer, the coach and the team haven’t really warmed up to each other in all these months. Eberl has to find a coach who fits into a club with a world-class reputation and at the same time has family-like characteristics and can handle a squad full of stars. The choice isn’t big, the top candidate seems to be Leverkusen’s Xabi Alonso.
Team restructuring: In response to the disappointing season so far, the club bosses want to change the squad in order to regain more class, grit and the will to win. Regardless of transfers, Eberl is primarily in demand as a moderator and motivator in order to get the best possible performance out of the team. Some former top performers have recently been far from fulfilling their potential.
Transfers: Of course, new additions are also necessary for a stronger team. Coach Tuchel had repeatedly complained that the squad was too thin in some positions – he often had to improvise due to injuries and assign players completely unfamiliar roles. Those in charge and fans are now hoping that Eberl will show a golden touch in the transfer market – as he often showed at Gladbach.
Management level: Eberl will bear all sporting responsibility on the board, which will only have three members in the future. There should be no more friction and turf wars. It will be exciting to see how the collaboration with sports director Christoph Freund works; The Austrian has been the central sports official at Säbener Straße in recent months; his work and his position in the team were valued by the bosses.
