Football Bundesliga: Eberl about mental problems and recovery: most exciting journey

In January 2022 he resigned from his post in Gladbach. “It just didn’t work anymore. And I felt that it was the only step I could take so as not to go completely in front of the dogs, ”said Eberl.

Sat on the couch for hours

He had many goals in life, “which I really tried to implement with very, a lot of passion and meticulousness,” said the 51-year-old. At some point there was a point where he noticed that it was difficult for him to go to work. “I went to the office and went back home at eleven o’clock and sat on the couch. And I was sitting on my couch and actually only stared on the ceiling. At some point it was dark outside and I thought: okay, now I have to eat something. “

He was no longer able to lead life normally “and certainly not to lead a Bundesliga club, with all the demands, with all the challenges that this club had”.

Eberl’s teaching: walk with dog, without a cell phone

Those affected in a similar situation to him at that time he advised to seek help. “I personally got the exit in time for myself,” said Eberl. He learned a lot. Eberl spoke of “making the most exciting journey of my life. Although I was able to experience a lot through football, through everything I did, these six or seven months were the most exciting journey, painful, beautiful, emotional. ”Today he made a lot more conscious, he said. In the past, he was always accessible on a walk with the dog. “And today it’s like this: I go with the dog, I leave my cell phone at home. No trainer can reach me, but no journalist can reach me either. I just go with the dog, I go for a walk and I try to just have fun with a living being that is very, very nice. ”

Almost a club institution in Gladbach

Eberl was at Borussia Mönchengladbach for 23 years. Only as a player, then as a young coordinator and since 2008 as sports director. Almost ten months after his farewell, Eberl became sports director at RB Leipzig. After a little more than ten months, the Leipziger and he ended their cooperation. The former Bundesliga professional has been the sports director of FC Bayern since March 2024.