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Max Eberl, in the future at RB Leipzig
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Max Eberl will return to the football business in mid-December and, as expected, will switch to DFB Cup winners RB Leipzig as the new sporting director.
After tough negotiations, the Saxons agreed with Borussia Mönchengladbach on a transfer of the long-standing sporting director of the foals.
The confirmed Leipzig on Monday.
According to the club, Eberl will receive a "long-term contract" that will apply from December 15th.
The new RB sports director will start his new work two weeks before the start of the winter transfer window.
According to reports, Leipzig (excluding bonuses) will pay a transfer fee of 2.5 million euros for Eberl, who was responsible for sporting activities on the Lower Rhine from 2008 to early 2022.
After his surprising resignation at the end of January, the manager's contract had been suspended.
At RB, Eberl meets coach Marco Rose, with whom he worked in Gladbach from 2019 to 2021.
The change of the 48-year-old, who had turned his back on football at the beginning of the year in tears and, according to his own statements, mentally exhausted, was already indicated in the past few weeks.
The personnel had caused a stir, especially in Mönchengladbach, because Eberl had proudly pointed out during his time as Borussia manager that he had managed the club's sporting rise without the help of investors.
Both clubs met in the Bundesliga on Saturday, Gladbach won 3-0.
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