Max Eberl’s resignation moves the Bundesliga. The decision of the previous Gladbach manager was also discussed in a double pass. There was criticism above all of one of Eberl’s superiors.
t-online columnist Stefan Effenberg has clearly criticized President Rolf Königs of his ex-club Borussia Mönchengladbach for his statements at the resignation press conference of sports director Max Eberl. “Actually, such a man has no place in such a management position if he deals with the subject in this way,” said Effenberg on Sunday in the “Doppelpass” program on Sport1. You can also see Effenberg’s reaction here in the video.
Effenberg: “I would have expected something different from him”
At the press conference on Friday, at which Eberl justified his withdrawal for health reasons with exhaustion and burnt-out, Königs explained: “When he spoke to us for the first time in October last year, we were shocked. What he wants. That he wants to get out . We then did everything in the last few months and weeks to keep him. To turn him around. We didn’t succeed.”
Effenberg, who played for Gladbach from 1987 to 1990 and from 1994 to 1998, was stunned by the 80-year-old’s statements. “This statement is catastrophic and goes completely in the wrong direction,” he said: “He obviously didn’t understand how to deal with such things. I would have thought and expected something different from a man of his age with his life experience.”
Already on Friday Effenberg had in his t-online column great respect for Eberl’s decision. Eberl is “a role model because he speaks openly about how the stress and football have made him sick. That’s a sign of strength and not weakness.”