Next spectacular comeback: Is another club legend set to return to FC Bayern?

Sky Sport reports that the Brazilian centre-back has already signed for Bayern and will take charge of the club’s U23 team next summer, succeeding Holger Seitz.

Seitz has overseen the second team since 2020, with a brief hiatus, and guided the reserves to the Regionalliga title in 2018/19. He is relinquishing his coaching duties as part of the comprehensive restructuring under new campus director Michael Wiesinger, though he may remain at the club in a different role.

Ribery is keen to return to Säbener Straße, though the details—including whether a comeback will happen and what role the 43-year-old would assume—remain unclear.

Ribery, who played for Bayern between 2007 and 2019 and became a crowd favourite in Munich, ended his playing career in 2022 with US Salernitana, now in the third division. The Frenchman then worked as a technical coach for the Italian side until March 2024, so he already has experience in coaching.

As early as 2025, he told Bild, “I successfully completed the UEFA A coaching licence last year.” Last autumn, he began the Pro licence course, which will qualify him to coach professional sides.