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Bayern Munich legend and supervisory board member Uli Hoeneß reflected on the club’s journey, expressing pride in how FC Bayern has maintained its identity while staying at the top. “One of my life lessons is: Getting to the top is possible and relatively easy. But once you’re there, the air gets thinner, they pull at you, they want to tear you down,” Hoeneß told FAZ. “When I hear our competitors say, ‘The economic advantage, the economic advantage’ – don’t you think that Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Stuttgart would have had the same conditions we found in Munich? That will be the challenge for our successors in the coming years: to defend the status we have today. Because I have to say, FC Bayern is in better shape than it has been in a long time. And I’m not the only one saying that. When we meet up with our friends from Real Madrid before Champions League matches, they always ask: How do you do it? No debt, no sheikh, no oligarch, no hedge fund. That’s what we can be proud of.”
Hoeneß and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge have been instrumental in guiding Bayern Munich to this level, but they will eventually step down from the supervisory board and hand over control. When that moment arrives remains a question that some fans dread and others look forward to. Regardless, Hoeneß’s role as one of the most pivotal figures in the club’s long history is undeniable.