Soccer-Bayern Appoint Eberl As Sporting Director Months After Leipzig Exit

Bayern Munich have appointed Max Eberl as their new sporting director, months after he was sacked as RB Leipzig’s managing director for sport.

Eberl, a former Bayern participant, has joined on a contract until June 2027 and can take cost on March 1, the membership mentioned on Monday.

The 50-year-old served because the director of sport at Borussia Monchengladbach for 14 years earlier than becoming a member of Leipzig in 2022. Leipzig sacked him in September after media speculations linked him to a transfer to Bayern.

“Not only does he have decades of experience in soccer management, he also started playing soccer at FC Bayern and turned professional here,” Herbert Hainer, chairman of Bayern’s supervisory board, mentioned in an announcement.

“We are convinced that he will successfully shape the future of this club.”

Eberl mentioned he would strategy his job with “a lot of respect and humility.”

“I spent my entire childhood and youth at FC Bayern and in Munich, so it is something special for me to now return in a new role to the club where it all began,” he added.

Bayern, who path Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen by eight factors, go to Freiburg on Friday.

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