After his surprising release from RB Leipzig last weekend, is Max Eberl now joining FC Bayern, where he has been traded for a long time? In any case, the Munich team would probably have to dig deep into their pockets for the top manager in order to buy him out of his contract with the Red Bulls.
After numerous internal frictions and an alleged lack of identification with the club, RB Leipzig pulled the ripcord on Friday and parted ways with sports director Max Eberl, who only took up his position at the Red Bulls in December last year and had signed until 2026.
The good thing from Eberl’s point of view: FC Bayern is already a club that is said to have had the former Gladbach manager in its focus for a long time.
However, Eberl is still under contract with RB Leipzig for more than 2.5 years. This means: The Saxons will most likely demand a transfer fee for the 50-year-old. “Bild” has now found out how high this could be.
Accordingly, RB expects that those responsible in Munich will contact them soon, as they cannot hope for a bargain with Eberl.
FC Bayern interested? RB Leipzig has a minimum price for Eberl
Because apparently the people of Leipzig want to recoup at least the amount that was transferred to Gladbach a little less than a year ago in order to get Eberl out of there. According to the report, a minimum of seven million euros.
“If someone comes, you have to talk about the modalities,” the newspaper quoted RB managing director Johann Plenge as saying about the Eberl case.
The Saxons seem to be willing to negotiate, but to what extent this also applies to the transfer fee is unclear.
As a player, Eberl went through FC Bayern’s entire youth system and played a Bundesliga game for the German record champions in 1991. The Munich native has been Honorary President Uli Hoeneß’s preferred candidate for a long time. In addition to the newly installed sports director Christoph Freund, Eberl could succeed Hasan Salihamidzic, who was fired in May, as sports director.