Bayern Munich appoint Max Eberl as sporting director and trim board from next season in bid to turn around fortunes - with replacing Thomas Tuchel at the top of former Liverpool target's in-tray

Max Eberl will join Bayern Munich as 'board member for sport' on Friday, March 1 Bayern Munich have appointed Max Eberl as their effective sporting director on a contract until June 2027 Eberl will start work on Friday and joins in a tumultuous time, with the club needing to replace outgoing manager Thomas Tuchel this summer. Bayern Munich have appointed Max Eberl as their new sporting director and he starts on Friday Eberl has previously been sporting director at Borussia Monchengladbach and RB Leipzig Your browser does not support iframes. His main job will be hiring a replacement for Thomas Tuchel, who will leave in the summer Bayern sacked previous sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic in May and have not replaced him until now Liverpool had reportedly approached him to replace Jorg Schmadtke, who leftafter the January transfer window Eberl has a strong reputation in Germany for identifying talent and getting deals done, vital skills if Bayern want to rebuild. Eberl posed with Herbert Hainer, Jan-Christian Dreesen and Michael Diederich at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday On his appointment, Bayern said: 'We are delighted to have appointed Max Eberl as our new Board Member for Sport.