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Munich (dpa) - FC Bayern Munich is to become a shareholder in the basketball Euroleague and will thus be able to compete in the most important continental club competition in the future.
The league presented the Bundesliga club this week with the conditions for joining the club as a co-owner and is hoping for a commitment from Munich.
"I am very optimistic that we will get to a point where we can include Bayern in the group of league owners," said Euroleague boss Jordi Bertomeu on Wednesday evening in Munich after talks with Bayern about club president Herbert Hainer.
The Munich team, who later that evening celebrated an 82:80 victory over Zenit St. Petersburg and thus consolidated their place in the top group of the Euroleague, showed interest.
You want to evaluate the conditions in the next few months and make a decision by the end of the season.
In this season Bayern start as last thanks to a wildcard.
Eleven other teams are currently Euroleague shareholders and have a fixed right to start.
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One of the conditions for joining is, for example, to commit to ten years.
This must be evaluated internally as well as other, especially technical aspects, said Hainer.
“Ten years, it's almost like a marriage.
You want to know what a partner brings with him. "
The people of Munich want to become one of the leading basketball clubs in Europe and also see themselves on the right track thanks to a new arena that is currently being built.
In addition to the Bavarians, the French Club Lyon-Villeurbanne is also promised a share ownership including an A license, as Bertomeu said.
But Germany is particularly in focus.
In addition to Bayern, Alba Berlin also plays in the Euroleague.
"We are also in talks with Alba Berlin about the future," he said.
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