For Bayern Munich’s longtime CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, it was “natural to comply with Bernd Neuendorf’s and Aki Watzke’s requests to help.”
“While the Argentinian or Croatian fans proudly cheer their team at the World Cup, the mood in this country is also very subdued towards the team. That has to change again,” said Rummenigge on “Münchner Merkur/tz”.
The former national player will be a member of a prominent expert committee of the German Football Association (DFB), which is intended to support the association in overcoming the crisis.
He was part of a task force with Uli Hoeneß, Rudi Völler and Reiner Calmund in 2000 after the EM debacle, said Rummenigge: “It was the alliance between the Bundesliga and the DFB at the time – and the basis for many successful tournaments.”
In addition to Rummenigge, the current advisory board includes Matthias Sammer, Oliver Mintzlaff, Oliver Kahn and Völler. After all, the national team is “the most important team in the country,” said Rummenigge, “and not Bayern Munich.”