Rummenigge dampens euphoria
Rain at Club World Cup? “Don’t play the Krösus”
May 31, 2025 – 1:08 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The club World Cup not only confuses game plans, but also promises income in the millions. At FC Bayern you can see the tournament as an opportunity.
Bavaria supervisory board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge welcomes the realignment of the club World Cup. In an interview with the “Sport Bild”, he mainly emphasized the abolition of the Confed Cup, which benefits the clubs: national players would have been turned off in the summer – “We would have had nothing of it. Now they are running up in the Bayern Munich jersey in the USA and we are also rewarded for this,” said Rummenigge.
The competition is financially extremely lucrative. FIFA’s premium structure underlines the economic stimulus: around one billion US dollars are to be distributed to the participating clubs, more than 110 million of them to the winner.
Nevertheless, Rummenigge dampened expectations of a change in the market. “As always, there will be some large transfers. But the club World Cup will have no effect on the transfer market,” he said. Because: “With just under 30 million euros, you can no longer show up on the transfer market today. But even with over 100 million euros as a tournament winner, distributed over four years, you cannot play the KRösus on the transfer market.” You shouldn’t make the mistake of “just seeing the money here,” continued Rummenigge.
FC Bayern is therefore not planning any additional obligations for the tournament. The club wants to compete with the existing squad-and tackle the club World Cup with high seriousness. “If only Larifari is played because everyone wants to go on vacation as soon as possible, nothing comes out,” said Rummenige.
The 69-year-old also emphasized the international interpretation by the new format. According to him, the tournament offers FC Bayern a great opportunity to continue to establish itself on the US market. The club has maintained an office in New York since 2014 and wants to use the upcoming major sporting events in North America for sponsorship and merchandising.