FC Bayern Munich: partnership with the city of Munich featured on the club's 2021-22 away shirt

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The Münchner Kindl, symbol of the city of Munich, will appear on the club's away shirt in 2021-22 - ©  FC Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) are reinforcing the link with their hometown: for the 2021-22 season the "Münchner Kindl" (Munich Child), a symbol of the German city, will be featured underneath the collar on the back the club's away shirts" as part of "the start of a multifaceted partnership between the city of Munich and FC Bayern," announced the 2020-21 German champions on 20/05/2021.

"Putting the Münchner Kindl on our jersey, on our shrine, makes it clear how close the bond with the city of Munich is. FC Bayern and the city of Munich belong together. Munich is our home, at the same time we are also a cosmopolitan club, we want to convey Munich and FC Bayern to the outside world," said Jörg Wacker, executive board member, in charge of internationalisation and strategy at FC Bayern Munich.

"We do think very carefully about who we make the Münchner Kindl available to. It's a partnership of equals. The city will benefit and vice versa. All the attributes that we live by as the city of Munich also apply to FC Bayern: cosmopolitanism, economic power, straightforwardness, fairness and…

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The Münchner Kindl, symbol of the city of Munich, will appear on the club's away shirt in 2021-22 - ©  FC Bayern Munich

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