Bayern Munich’s 35th Bundesliga title, the club’s 13th in the last 14 seasons, inspired modest celebrations in Bavaria and an existential crisis across the rest of the country.
The dust of Bayern’s 4–2 triumph over Stuttgart to seal the 2025–26 crown had barely settled by the time BILD, Germany’s largest sports paper, wrote an open letter to the perennial champions asking for a complete restructuring of the division. “Dear Bayern, how about title playoffs?” Alfred Draxler asked.
