A recently published study by the auditing and consulting company Deloitte showed that the 20 clubs with the highest turnover, including FC Bayern, had losses of 1.1 billion euros compared to the previous year.
By the end of the 2020/21 season it should total two billion.
Juventus Turin's President Andrea Agnelli, in his role as chairman of the European Club Association (ECA), has outlined a loss of revenue for the industry in the order of 6.5 to 8.5 billion euros for the combined two years.
As far as he knows, around 360 clubs will need injections of around six billion euros.
Bayern President Herbert Hainer makes it clear in an interview that the effects of the corona restrictions are also affecting his club.
"The grinding marks are too big" for that.
The people of Munich, however, that is also the message of the 66-year-old, will with great certainty emerge from the pandemic as crisis winners.
Question:
Leading the largest club in the world through the Corona crisis - that doesn't sound like partial retirement.
Your wife is already moaning and says: "You could have stayed with Adidas!"