Bayern Munich brings back Rummenigge to supervisory board

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

Bayern mentioned on Tuesday that 67-year-old Rummenigge, a former participant and long-time worker of the membership earlier than he made approach for incoming CEO Oliver Kahn in December 2021, was coming back to guarantee 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 mentioned. “His experience, his competence and his international network will enormously help Bayern be successful in the future, too.”

Bayern have been with out a sporting director following the dismissal of Hasan Salihamidzic together with Kahn on Saturday, after they received a record-extending eleventh consecutive Bundesliga title.

Bayern introduced in Jan-Christian Dreesen as Kahn’s substitute on Sunday, when Hainer mentioned 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 improve turnover from €176 million ($189 million) to €679m ($728m).

The public restricted firm behind Bayern posted a revenue in each monetary 12 months in the course of the interval, serving to to construct reserves not often seen in debt-ridden European soccer.

Bayern’s supervisory board contains 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 vp, former Bavarian state president Edmund Stoiber, and Rummenigge.