The alleged email scandal involving Max Eberl caused quite a stir at FC Bayern in the summer of 2025. In the midst of the transfer saga involving Nick Woltemade, internal details from the negotiations had become public. CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen now firmly rejects the interpretation at the time that Eberl had allegedly been sidelined—and instead draws attention to another explosive question: Who is actually leaking such internal information to the outside world?
The discussion at the time was triggered by an email sent during negotiations with VfB Stuttgart. According to information from BILD, Dreesen is said to have sent the message to the Stuttgart club, while sporting director Eberl was merely copied on the email.
This gave the impression that Eberl might have lost influence at the record-holding champions and was no longer in charge of an important transfer. It’s an interpretation that Dreesen cannot understand.
“It was a completely nonsensical discussion about whether someone was CC’d or not,” the 59-year-old explained on SPORT1’s ‘Doppelpass.’ “Things were made out of it that were really wrong.”
Dreesen asks explosive “mole” question
According to Dreesen, there was a simple explanation for how the tasks were divided. “Though that’s nonsense, of course,” said the CEO regarding Eberl’s alleged removal from power. “We divided up the work. And to make sure the other person is informed, you just CC them in the email. That’s completely normal.”
Dreesen apparently finds the question of how such internal processes could have become public in the first place far more interesting. His statements are striking.
“The question is rather: Who has an interest in bringing something like this to the public’s attention and turning it into a story? That person wants to harm the other. We don’t know who did it.”
While Dreesen isn’t explicitly referring to a mole within FC Bayern, his statement once again brings into focus the question of where confidential information about internal matters is leaking to the public.
Particularly noteworthy is his assessment of the possible motivation behind the leak. In Dreesen’s view, the informant was apparently not merely interested in making an internal detail public. Rather, the Bayern boss suspects an intention to harm a specific person.
This isn’t the first time Bayern has been plagued by suspicions of a mole
For FC Bayern, the debate over leaked internal information is by no means new. In the past, confidential information that found its way into the public domain has repeatedly caused unrest at Säbener Straße.
Discretion is of great importance to those in charge, particularly when it comes to personnel decisions and transfer planning. If the status of negotiations or internal assessments becomes public, this can not only cause unrest within the club but also influence ongoing discussions.
In the Woltemade case, the leaked detail about the email primarily led to speculation about Eberl’s position within Bayern’s leadership. Dreesen now emphatically rejects precisely this interpretation.
However, it remains unclear who passed on the information at the time and from which circle it actually originated. “We don’t know who did it,” Dreesen clarified.
While this effectively clears up the substance of the alleged Eberl affair for the CEO, his statements have simultaneously sparked a new discussion: the old and recurring question at FC Bayern about possible leaks surrounding Säbener Straße.