Max Eberl has been a member of Bayern Munich’s board for over seven months, at the time of writing, and his fingerprints are to be found all over Bayern’s recent transfer activity and staff overhaul, hinting at the enormous impact he has had in his short time at the club.
“It’s a pleasure for me to be able to make a difference at FC Bayern,” Eberl reflected in an interview for 11 Freunde (as captured by @iMiaSanMia). “I’ve learned a lot in the past few years and have emerged stronger from personal crises. Today I can consciously say that football is my life, that I love it. But I know today that there are things that are at least as important. That helps me to do the best possible job here, and I am convinced that we will be successful here. But it has not been an easy path.”
But during this short time in charge Bayern has already undergone a tumultuous phase, which took place when the club struggled to replace Thomas Tuchel as head coach at Bayern before eventually settling on relegated Burnley coach Vincent Kompany. Austria head coach Ralf Rangnick and Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann were two of the high profile candidates to reject the Bavarian giants and Eberl offered his thoughts on why that happened.
“Some of the coaches we spoke to were going through special phases in their lives,” Eberl explained, as captured by @iMiaSanMia. “And from my experience, I fully understand when someone consciously decides to turn down an offer. Even if it comes from FC Bayern.”
Eberl was, after all, regarded as one of the most successful sporting directors in Germany during his 13 years at Borussia Mönchengladbach and was heavily courted by Bayern for many of those 13 years, rejecting them time and again. But, of course, Eberl’s special phase of turning down Bayern eventually ended. Now it is time for him to prove how successful he can be at the Bavarian behemoth…
