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Oliver Kahn Poised to Replace Karl-Heinz Rummenigge as Bayern Munich CEO in 2021

Former Bayern Munich goalkeeper Oliver Kahn is set to replace Karl-Heinz Rummenigge as Bayern's CEO when the latter steps down in 2021.

Rummenigge has been Bayern CEO since 2002 but has announced that he will leave when his contract expires in two years.

Rummenigge announced his future departure and also spoke of how Bayern Munich had the succession planning in place to ensure a smooth transition from his rein as CEO to Kahn taking over:

"Yes I will stop. This is also a good time to hand over the baton to Oli Kahn," Rummenigge began, in quotes relayed by Goal.