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1860 Munich Cuts Ties with Investor After Licence Loss as Germany Replaces Injured Karl

The move transfers the club’s playing rights to the e. V., obliging the association to form a new operating vehicle to secure short-term funding and face likely court fights.

Overview

  • The club announced it had terminated the 2011 cooperation agreement with Hasan Ismaik’s HAM International on Thursday after the KGaA failed to prove the €2.7 million DFB licence guarantee.
  • The e. V. has received BFV clearance to field a Regionalliga Bayern team but must quickly create a new operating company and raise funds to cover lost revenue and existing season-ticket obligations.
  • Ismaik has said he will legally review the termination, making injunctions and prolonged court proceedings the most likely next steps and leaving his 60 percent KGaA stake without the playing-rights core value.
  • Most of the current professional squad lack Regionalliga-level contracts and the club faces probable player departures, coach uncertainty and urgent sponsor negotiations with parties including Die Bayerische.
  • Separately, Germany’s squad lost Bayern winger Lennart Karl to a left-thigh muscle-bundle tear on Friday and Julian Nagelsmann has officially called up Assan Ouédraogo as his replacement for the World Cup.