FC Bayern has been targeted by the public prosecutor’s office for possible violations of the minimum wage law at its youth training centre. FCB CEO Oliver Kahn has now spoken out about the allegations for the first time.
While FC Bayern Munich’s professional players are paid salaries in the double-digit millions, things look very different for the youth coaches in the youth sector. The WDR magazine “Sport inside” had reported that proceedings were underway against several former and current members of the Bayern board. According to the report, the Munich Main Customs Office is investigating on behalf of the Munich I Public Prosecutor’s Office. Both authorities did not want to confirm the investigations on Wednesday when asked by dpa.
According to WDR, the investigation concerns possible violations of the Minimum Wage Act in the payment of youth coaches. Former youth coaches had reported to “Sport Inside” that they had worked significantly more than the permitted ten hours as part of their 450-euro job. As a spokesperson for the main customs office in Munich told dpa, it is customary for public limited companies that investigations are first directed against the board of directors.
Kahn: “It is in our interest that these events are completely clarified.
“Of course we are cooperating fully with the authorities in this matter. It is in our interest that these events are fully clarified,” Kahn told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur on Wednesday.
The German record champion is not the first Bundesliga club against which such accusations have been made this year. In August, the business premises of FC Augsburg had already been searched. According to the customs authorities, the “employment and remuneration modalities of football coaches employed on a part-time or voluntary basis” were the subject of the search.
