Berlin (AFP) – Disgraced ex-Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness is due to be released from prison on Monday as he contemplates a return to the club he built into a European powerhouse.
The 64-year-old has served 21 months of his three-and-a-half year sentence for tax fraud.
He was convicted in March 2014 of having evaded paying at least 28.5 million euros ($31.5 million) in tax.
Hoeness, the son of a German butcher who became a millionaire businessman, rose to fame as the driving force behind Bayern’s rise before his fall from grace.
Even behind bars, Hoeness was never far from Bayern.
As soon as he was granted day release in January 2015, he imme…
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