The eternal search for a successor to Thomas Tuchel has now officially come to an end: FC Bayern has confirmed the signing of Vincent Kompany. But even the announcement makes it clear how complicated the power structures in the club are.
The final scene of this story, which has kept FC Bayern on tenterhooks for months, took place in Sardinia. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, supervisory board member and former CEO, traveled to Italy to receive a special award for his career work at the so-called “Globe Soccer Awards” in the local luxury hotel called Cala di Volpe. It is not important at this point which of the countless football awards this is.