Training to remain public

FCBayernNews · News fetcher Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 1330 votes: 2

28.03.2008

The FC Bayern Munich board of directors has observed with surprise and incomprehension an ongoing media debate regarding training sessions in the 2008-9 season, a debate which was neither caused nor confirmed by ourselves.

FC Bayern Munich hereby clearly states that public training sessions at the Säbener Strasse practice ground will continue into and including the new season. Close relations with our fans, and having the fans close to FC Bayern, is a guiding principle at our club, a principle we practice at FC Bayern in Munich to an extent hardly seen anywhere else in Germany and Europe. We do not wish this to change, and it will not change: from 2008-9 and beyond, the senior squad will continue to train in public at the Säbener Strasse.

Independently from this, FC Bayern Munich confirms its decision to replace the Insider club restaurant with a players' facility, allowing them to perform their duties as professional footballers more intensively, with greater focus and more professionally. This is clearly also in the interest of Bayern's many fans, who want the team to achieve the greatest possible success.

FCBinNYC · I'm a chatterbox! Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 303 votes: 4

I think this is awesome, I was definitely concerned when I started reading all the reports about no more public sessions. On one hand most teams in Europe have closed sessions, but we all know Bayern is better than those losers anyway! It's so awesome to have the players right there, and most of them are good about autographs, they'll stay and sign everything that gets put in their face. When I went there this past fall, Ribery signed stuff and took pictures with people for like 45 minutes. You won't get that at Real Madrid. It's too bad that the restaurant is going, I didn't eat there since I was vying for position for autographs, but if I lived in Munchen I would've gone there for lunch as often as possible, you can never get too much beer or football right? Oh well. Toni needs his siesta so I'm ok with that.