A photo montage on the rumors surrounding Max Eberl. After his resignation (January 28, 2022) at Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, the 48-year-old is currently being associated with a new job at RB Leipzig. The photo shows Eberl at the EXPRESS sports night on August 28, 2019. The RB logo can be seen twice in the background.
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There have been rumors in the past few weeks, now it seems to be finally fixed: Max Eberl (48), former manager of Borussia Mönchengladbach, according to a media report, will really be the new sports director at DFB Cup winners RB Leipzig.
As the TV broadcaster “Sky” reported on Tuesday (August 30, 2022), the 48-year-old had given his commitment and should take up his post as “Managing Director Sport” on December 1st.
The foals have now confirmed that lawn ball sports had contacted Eberl personally, but described the talks as “unproductive”.
Gladbach manager probably before Bundesliga comeback
Max Eberl will in all probability make his comeback in the Bundesliga from December 1st of this year. Like the pay TV channel “Sky” reported exclusively on Tuesday (August 30), the 48-year-old ex-manager of Borussia Monchengladbach the office as “Managing Director Sport”. RB Leipzig dress from the end of the year.
The commitment of the former foal manager should take place “promptly”. Until then, the last contractual details would have to be finally clarified, it is said.
If the rumors are true, Eberl could return to football just eleven months after voluntarily leaving Gladbach.Bundesliga to return. There has recently been increasing speculation about the 48-year-old joining RB Leipzig. Eberl is considered the preferred candidate by RB managing director Oliver Mintzlaff (47).
The deal could well be worthwhile for Borussia. Because: Leipzig should dig deep into their pockets for Eberl’s commitment. According to “Sky”, the Saxons will transfer a fee to his former club Borussia Mönchengladbach, which is said to be between eight and ten million euros.
Eberl resigned as sports director of VfL at the end of January and had given health reasons for it. However, his contract, which ran until 2026, was not terminated, it was only suspended. The 48-year-old was still employed by Gladbach, but did not receive any salary.
In Leipzig, the ex-professional probably closes a gap that has existed for more than a year and ends a long search for a successor to Markus Krösche (41), who went to Eintracht Frankfurt.
For weeks Eberl had been traded as a 1A solution for the vacant post at the Brauseklub. Although the rumors were never finally confirmed by either side, nothing was denied either.
An official confirmation is still pending, but is said to be “promptly”. According to information from “Sky”, there should soon be a press conference on the contract with Max Eberl, at which RB Leipzig will provide information about the exact details of the deal.
Borussia had already stated two weeks ago that RB Leipzig had not yet contacted them about Eberl. “That’s not an issue for us. We don’t have any inquiries,” said Vice President Rainer Bonhof (70) at the time. However, this is said to have changed in the meantime.
Borussia confirms initial contact from RB
According to this, RB Leipzig have officially registered their interest in Max Eberl as the new sports director with Borussia Mönchengladbach. According to a Borussia spokesman on Tuesday, the first talks about a possible agreement between the Bundesliga clubs were “but not productive”.
RB on Tuesday wanted the latest developments when asked by “RBLive“ don’t comment.
(dpa/Fri)