5 Reasons why Bayern Munich is struggling right now

#4 The board

Is it time for Rummenigge and Hoeness to move on?

Over the past few seasons, Bayern Munich have been able to pull off several coups when it comes to the transfer market. Signing a prolific striker such as Robert Lewandowski and an adept box-to-box midfielder in Leon Goretzka for free is a massive feat. However, the club is still reluctant to spend, let alone spending big.

Last season, contract extensions were offered to Ribery, Robben and Rafinha, all players way past their primes and on the wrong side of the 30s. Many called for fresh blood to be injected into the team at the start of this season so that the soon-to-be deadweight could be phased out of the club over the course of this season. But the board categorically denied saying Die Roten does not need more players for the time being.

"The squad is too big at the moment. That means we’ll have to give up one, two, [or] three players at least by Christmas, because otherwise we will have unrest. That’s why we certainly will not make big incoming transfers but rather, if possible, make fairly big transfers away from us." - Uli Hoeness (via Bild)

Hoeness will surely be chewing back on his words right now given the state of the Bayern squad with all these injuries.

However, the highlighting factor is that despite repeated instances of injuries derailing Bayern's campaign in the past, the board is still reluctant to spend.

Had Bayern bought decent reinforcements for the outgoing Juan Bernat, the Bavarians would not be having only one fit full-back right now.

Talking about Niko Kovac, even if he fails to steady the ship at Bayern, blame must fall on the board too for handpicking him as the successor to Jupp Heynckes, especially with many of the opinion that the former Frankfurt manager was signed hastily after Thomas Tuchel rejected an offer to take charge at the Allianz Arena.