From Tuchel's successor to the Bayern campus: Hoeneß and Rummenigge are pulling the strings again. According to a survey by the sports marketing agency ONE8Y among the German record champions, the preferred candidate is Xabi Alonso.

Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen regularly seeks advice from the two grandees. “There are very successful people from finance in the management team. They are right there, but next to them I lack the sporting competence,” questioned record national player Lothar Matthäus recently.