Munich (dpa) – Bayern Munich’s CEO Oliver Kahn wants to examine possible steps after death threats against coach Julian Nagelsmann.
“Borders are now well exceeded here,” criticized the former world-class goalkeeper in the Sport1 “double pass”. “What happens to people who would send death threats to other people out of anonymity”, Kahn wanted to know with a view to the social networks and announced: “We will now also think about whether we can put a stop to it and got to.” Kahn did not reveal any details.
Nagelsmann had reported receiving 450 death threats on Instagram after the Champions League end with FC Bayern. “Of course you can show all of that, but then I won’t be able to finish it,” said the Bayern coach. “It’s unbelievable and not tolerable at all,” said Munich club president Herbert Hainer on TV broadcaster Bild about the death threats.
Kahn: “I’m not the non-fallible one”
For Oliver Kahn, his role as CEO at FC Bayern Munich has “relatively little to do with volume”. In his understanding, it is not part of the profile of this post at the German record champions to “constantly produce any headlines,” as he explained. A lot is also about sport-political work, “which is also done internally”.
After an induction phase, the former world-class goalkeeper took over as CEO of FC Bayern from Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in the summer of 2021. “I have a very good feeling when I’m of the opinion, now I have to go forward, now I have to take a position on one or the other,” explained Kahn, who has always been associated with the former Bayern greats Rummenigge and Uli Hoeneß is compared.
Kahn’s handling of issues such as the vaccination status of international Joshua Kimmich or Qatar sponsorship at the annual general meeting was discussed in public this season. “I’m not the non-fallible one,” said Kahn. “Of course you first have to develop a certain sense of where do I express myself, where do I hold back a bit.” In the meantime, however, that was “relatively clear” to him, said the 52-year-old.