“Oliver Kahn is no longer Chairman of the Board of Bayern Munich. Hasan Salihamidzic’s position as sporting director will also be reassigned. Deputy Chairman of the Management Board Jan-Christian Dressen takes over from Kahn,” Bayern said in a statement, while the future sporting director will be announced later.
A press conference is to be held on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. in Munich, Hainer also said.
The two strong men of Bayern pay a more than tumultuous end to the season, with eliminations in the quarter-finals of the German Cup and the Champions League, and saved in extremis by the title of German champion won at the end suspense in the 89th minute thanks to a snatch victory in Cologne (2-1) on goal by Jamal Musiala and Borussia’s draw at home against Mainz (2-2).
Salihamidzic and Kahn made the bet to separate from coach Julian Nagelsmann at the end of March, to replace him with Thomas Tuchel when approaching the decisive weeks of the end of the season.
Salihamidzic arrived on July 1, 2017 as sporting director and joined the Bayern management board in the summer of 2020 in charge of the sporting aspect. In six seasons in his post, he won the Champions League at the end of the summer of 2020 in Lisbon against Paris SG.
Oliver Kahn took over the presidency of the Bayern management board on July 1, 2021. He did not make the trip to Cologne on Saturday, officially due to a state of flu.
