It’s nearly time for Bayern Munich Annual Common Assembly (AGM), to happen tomorrow (October 15) at 6PM CEST. Final yr’s occasion, when you’ll bear in mind, was a little bit bit chaotic and resulted in a tense stand-off with plenty of warmth throughout — and the subjects in query are, if something, much more related now, with the Males’s World Cup coming this November to Qatar and Bayern’s sponsorship partnership with Qatar Airways up for renewal.
Whereas the organized efforts to press the membership on the problem appeared to take the Bayern management abruptly final yr, that’s now not prone to be the case this time. Honorary president Uli Hoeneß has taken to the press a few instances in current weeks to put the groundwork for his case for renewal, and the membership — nearly actually on the identical web page there — have probably taken preparations to be able to keep away from the identical fallout. As reported by Bild, captured through @iMiaSanMia:
Bayern bosses are determined to keep away from chaos throughout tomorrow’s AGM and are higher ready this time – having answered questions on Qatar intimately. Nonetheless, because the membership would not appear prepared to finish the partnership subsequent yr, the subject might get uncomfortable once more tomorrow [@BILD]— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) October 14, 2022
Alternatively, convictions about this matter could not have merely ebbed over the course of the previous yr, and the membership’s obvious place in opposition — together with the timeliness of the looming FIFA World Cup — could have carried out little to defuse the scenario amongst those that want for his or her membership to take a special course.
Bayern have made efforts since final November on this regard. This July, they convened a spherical desk on the Qatar query this summer season and lately offered responses laying out their current positions and searching for to deal with the acknowledged issues forward of the AGM. (We could but cowl this doc in larger element at BFW, so please keep tuned.)
Some subjects, it appears, are supposed to be uncomfortable and have to be confronted. At tomorrow’s AGM, we’ll discover out the place issues at present stand.