After employee faux pas
Secret scouting list at FC Bayern leaked
07/23/2025 – 2:32 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
A scout of FC Bayern accidentally published a secret list of talents in WhatsApp status. The faux pas attracts great attention.
On the campus of FC Bayern, an experienced employee made a explosive mistake. As the Munich “TZ” reports, a scout of the young departments in the last Thursday accidentally published an internal list of talents in WhatsApp status-visible to all its contacts.
The list contained the names of 15 youth players from other clubs, who have apparently come into view of the German record champion for the coming season. Particularly explosive: The message that was attached to the file contained specific instructions for colleagues within the scouting system. Among other things, it said: “Please prioritize this 2011 in your viewing in accordance with your region for the coming season. We need first impressions until September 15th. Thank you!”
However, the visibility of the WhatsApp status, which usually automatically disappears after 24 hours, was enough to create great vertebrae in the football scene. Names such as Lukas Dillschneider (1. FC Saarbrücken), Kemi Seudi (VfB Stuttgart), Sam Haritz and Lino Nikisch (both Schalke), Nikita Drozd, Edgar Idada and Dennis Yakavenka (all Nuremberg) and Denton Snoh (Mainz) were found on the list that is definitely strengthened in youngsters Find attention.
The involuntarily published list of candidates provides a rare insight into the internal way of working in the talent department of Bayern-and shows which U14 players are currently considered particularly promising there.
This actually secret information should actually be shared in an internal WhatsApp group in which there are other employees who are supposed to observe the listed players particularly closely. But other clubs can now take advantage of this.