Sports director Hasan Salihamidzic is promoted as expected at Bayern Munich. The 42-year-old joins the German football championship at the request of outgoing President Uli Hoeness from 1 July 2020 to sports director. This decided on Monday evening, the Supervisory Board of FC Bayern at the last meeting of its chairman Hoeness, who will no longer compete at the annual general meeting on Friday for election.
"Hasan Salihamidzic has been Sport Director of FC Bayern since the summer of 2017 and has done an excellent job during this time," the club said. "This applies not only to the professional sector, in which he is largely responsible for the sporting success of recent years, but also for the field of youth and young talent in the youth development center of FC Bayern."
Hoeneß is considered a proponent of the controversial Salihamidzic. Only on Sunday he had over the phone at the TV station Sport 1 against allegedly unobjectionable criticism and the "disrespectful" statements wailed. "Hasan did a good job this year and it is clear that he is not mentioned all the time, between Karl-Heinz (Rummenigge, d.) And me, but it is outrageous how he is treated." For example, the transfers of World Champion Lucas Hernandez and Benjamin Pavard, as well as of talent Alphonso Davies, which had been successful from Hoeneß's point of view, have "grown on top of his shit".
Oliver Kahn scheduled from 2021
Salihamidzic is since 31 July 2017 Sport Director of FC Bayern. His contract in this capacity runs until the end of the season. I've always tried to do the best for the club, such games are good confirmations, "said Salihamidzic on Saturday after a 4-0 win over Dortmund.
There have been "some turbulent times" over the last two and a half years, "which we mastered quite well, even with the transfer market this year, which was a lot of work, but that's part of it, it's fun."
CEO of Munich is Rummenigge, whose contract runs until December 31, 2021 and is then replaced by Oliver Kahn. Jan-Christian Dreesen (Finance and Controlling), Andreas Jung (Marketing, Sponsoring and Events) and Jörg Wacker (Internationalization and Strategy) also belong to the board of the record champion. Kahn is to be incorporated from January 1 as a simple board member.
