Rummenigge confirms Bayern Munich will not join the Super League | OneFootball

Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has announced that the Bundesliga giants will not be joining the proposed European Super League.

“FC Bayern did not participate in the planning of a Super League,” said Rummenigge in a statement released via the club’s official website on Monday.

“We are convinced that the current statics in football guarantee a serious basis. FC Bayern welcomes the reforms of the Champions League because we believe that they are the right step for the development of European football. The modified preliminary round will contribute to more tension and emotionality in the competition.

“I don’t think the Super League will solve the European clubs’ financial problems caused by Corona. Rather, all clubs in Europe should work in solidarity to ensure that the cost structure, in particular the players’ salaries and the fees for the consultants, are adjusted to the income in order to make European football more rational.”

Rummenigge becomes the latest Bundesliga executive – following Borussia Dortmund’s Hans Joachim Watzke and RB Leipzig’s Oliver Mintzlaff – to claim that his club has no intention of being part of the hugely controversial Super League.