Max Eberl will celebrate his return to the Bundesliga in a managerial position at RB Leipzig. The official left Borussia Mönchengladbach at the beginning of January citing exhaustion, and the forthcoming agreement with the league competitor caused outrage at his former club.
The way for Max Eberl to the German cup winner RB Leipzig is said to be clear. According to the “Bild” newspaper, the Saxon Bundesliga club has reached an agreement with Borussia Mönchengladbach, where the former head of sports still had a contract until the summer of 2026. Now the last modalities have to be clarified. According to dpa information, the change is about to be completed.
The 48-year-old Eberl is scheduled to take up his post as head of sports in Leipzig this year. According to the report, RB CEO Oliver Mintzlaff agreed on a transfer fee with Borussia after the Bundesliga game on Saturday evening (0: 3). According to reports, this should be 2.5 million euros plus a bonus. Despite his resignation at the end of January due to mental exhaustion, Eberl is still employed by Gladbach until 2026.
“Max Eberl is exhausted and tired. I no longer have the strength to do this job the way the club needs it,” Eberl said on January 28, 2022, saying “nothing more to do with this football”. to want. His contract is just suspended. In Leipzig, Eberl would meet coach and friend Marco Rose, with whom he had already worked for two years in Gladbach, initially extremely successfully. On the fringes of the league game, some of the Borussia fans recently used wild abuse and insults against the long-time head of sport. Eberl was a professional, youth official, manager and sports director on the Lower Rhine for 23 years.
“Yes, we are interested in Max Eberl and yes, we have had initial talks. What is reported completely wrong, however, is that there is already an agreement and an entry date. Of course we informed Gladbach of our interest, nothing more and nothing less has happened so far,” Mintzlaff said at the end of August. According to a spokesman for Borussia, the first talks about a possible agreement between the Bundesliga teams at the time were “but not productive”.
Eberl’s forthcoming restart has already been commented on in the league: Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann rated the emerging commitment as a good decision by his former club. “Oliver Mintzlaff hesitated for a long time before he could get the name out,” said Nagelsmann at a press conference in Munich at the end of August, adding: “Max Eberl is a good guy, Leipzig is a good club – they will certainly go well together. Good luck! ” The former Bayern professional Eberl was also discussed as a possible manager for the German record champions in the past.
