Football as we know it today is now full of clubs with owners who can inject funds to their club at any moment. The likes of Chelsea FC, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, and Newcastle United are all owned by wealthy individuals. That is the argument that Max Eberl presented when asked about the Bavarians being pressured to sell players.
“We don’t have an investor, Bayern Munich worked it all out themselves,” the former Gladbach sporting director said (Sport1-Doppelpass as captured by Twitter account @iMiaSanMia). “Other clubs have had sheikhs and Arabs involved. We have to sell to have funds. If we don’t get the income we hoped for, then I wouldn’t be able to do other things. This is a completely normal process. We are a big club that stands together and where discussions take place at the highest level. Nevertheless, we have to have a clean balance sheet so that FC Bayern can still be at this level in 15 or 20 years.”
For instance, Todd Boehly recently tried to sell a Chelsea player to another club which he owns. Although the move fell apart, it goes to show what such owners are capable of.
