The annual general meeting of Bayern Munich ended on Thursday evening amid protests and chaotic circumstances. Uli Hoeneß was already at the lectern, but the honorary president left the podium after a short while without a word. The riot against the Bayern bosses, with President Herbert Hainer as the central stimulus figure, had escalated around the controversial issue of Qatar sponsorship.
Loud “Hainer out, Hainer out” echoed through the Audi Dome at midnight because the President abruptly stopped speaking after a five-hour meeting and declared the meeting to be over. A slowed-down member stood on an armchair and gave his speech without a microphone.
“We are Bavaria – and you are not,” shouted the indignant members – and also: “We are the fans you don’t want.” The stunned Hoeness told the “kicker”: “I have to sleep on that first. That was the worst event I have ever seen at FC Bayern. “
Proposals heat up the mood
For a long time before that, it went as usual. Oliver Kahn gave his first speech as CEO and successor to Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. He warned against “unlimited” investor money at clubs in Europe and spoke of the “most fundamental change” that football is currently experiencing.
On the agenda item motions, the mood boiled high. A spontaneous request from a member to vote on the termination of the partnership with Qatar Airways after the contract expires in 2023 was not accepted. The request that the club should continue to hold 75 percent of the shares in FC Bayern AG and not be able to sell another five percent also failed to achieve the required three-quarters majority.
There is still no decision on the future of Qatar sponsorship, said Hainer. “We will fulfill the contract,” he said of the ongoing business relationship with Qatar’s airline. Kahn promoted dialogue on the human rights issue in the host country of the 2022 World Cup. That is better than excluding and excluding.
Because of the stricter CoV rules, only about 800 members were present, including apparently many hardliners. The plenary presumably did not represent the more than 290,000 members.
