According to consistent media reports, the search for a successor to Hasan Salihamidzic is over. Christoph Freund is to switch from RB Salzburg to FC Bayern and become the new sports director there.
According to consistent media reports, the search for a successor to Hasan Salihamidzic is over. According to information from “Süddeutsche Zeitung” and “kicker”, Christoph Freund is to become the new sports director at Bayern Munich. Freund, currently still under contract with RB Salzburg, should start his new job in Munich after the summer transfer period.
Freund is said to have a good hand with transfers. Dayot Upamecano, Amadou Haidara, Dominik Szoboszlai and of course Erling Haaland – Freund was responsible for all these transfers in Salzburg. At RB, these young players took their first steps in professional football before being sold for a profit – albeit often to the well-meaning RB Leipzig. But the youth department also produced talent again and again – including Konrad Laimer, whom Freund will now meet again in Munich.
Successor to Ralf Rangnick
Under Freund, Salzburg won the Austrian Bundesliga every year, established itself in the Champions League and achieved high transfer revenues season after season. Freund played football actively himself, but did not make it past the second-highest cash register in Austria. After his career, his career began at RB Salzburg. There he became team manager in 2006, rose to sports coordinator in 2012 before succeeding Ralf Rangnick as sports director in 2015.
After the departure of Hasan Salihamidzic and Oliver Kahn, FC Bayern wanted to take its time to present a new sporting director. It should be a big solution, announced President Herbert Hainer and so there were rumors about Max Eberl and Markus Krösche as possible Brazzo successors.
Chelsea tried to poach Freund
Now it will probably be Freund, who has only worked in Salzburg so far, but has repeatedly attracted the interest of other clubs. But neither RB Leipzig nor Chelsea FC were able to convince Freund to leave Salzburg in 2022. Also because Freund is reluctant to leave his home town of Salzburg. At least that would not be too far away from Munich.
However, Freund will only deal with the current transfer poker around Harry Kane from afar. Freund is not scheduled to start his duties in Munich until September 1, when the transfer window has already closed. A task force made up of coach Thomas Tuchel, squad planner Marco Neppe and CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen is currently responsible for buying and selling players at FC Bayern.
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Source: BR24Sport on the radio 07/18/2023 – 12:54 p.m
