Nagelsmann, Rose and Hütter on the move – why do German clubs announce managers so early?

We’ve seen multiple managerial and transfer manoeuvres in Germany in recent years announced early – especially when in tandem with league rivals.

Only this season, we’re seeing Julian Nagelsmann, Jesse Marsch, Adi Hütter and Marco Rose (among others) already agree deals with clubs. Dayot Upamecano is finalised to join Nagelsmann at Bayern Munich also, seeing an early announcement player wise.

Other famous pre-announcements in recent years have mostly come on the Dortmund to Bayern conveyor-belt. Robert Lewandowski, Mario Gotze and Mats Hummels. Gotze’s in particular was heavily controversial, coming just 48 hours before Borussia Dortmund’s Champions League semi-final with Real Madrid.

Many have questioned why German clubs actually do this, and why there is such open freedom of movement between clubs competing for the same trophy.

A well-written thread from Shivam Pathak explains this fully.

“The majority of football clubs in Germany are what’s called an “eingetragene Verein” (e.V.), or “registered association”. You’ll see this in the long, official names of teams, for example: “Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund” or “Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.”

An e.V is an organisation which is democratically ran by its members – of which there are usually thousands at certain clubs. For example, Bayern have 300,000 members because the e.V membership is extremely affordable, at around €60.

With the 50+1 rule in mind, any business the club conducts in consulted in and verified within its membership base, as they all have rights within the club.

This shows why clubs’ business is disclosed early in the Bundesliga – such as Nagelsmann’s to Bayern. Could we see it brought to English football in the near future? The answer, unfortunately, is no.

As clubs are all privately owned, information can be distributed as the private owners please. Unless the ownership rules change, the disclosure of information will not.

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Chris Stonadge

Sports Journalism student, streamer at LFC Transfer Room, Anfield Agenda. Liverpool fan with a particular interest in Welsh, Youth, and African football.

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