Having claimed the Bundesliga title by 21 points and narrowly lost to Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League last season under Jupp Heynckes, Bayern now sit nine points off first-placed Borussia Dortmund after nine league matches under Kovac.
The 47-year-old former Croatia international, who joined after defeating Bayern in last season’s DFB-Pokal final with Eintracht Frankfurt, has faced increasing scrutiny on his position and disciplinarian style.
However, Rummenigge offered his support at Bayern’s AGM on Friday.
“I like him as a person,” Rummenigge said in his address, hoping Kovac will soon “return to a solid, a successful track. It’s our wish Niko will be FC Bayern coach for a long time.”
Despite securing qualification to the knockout stages of the Champions League with Tuesday’s 5-1 demolition of Benfica, Bayern are winless in their past three league matches.
“I now see a Niko Kovac fighting and ready to change a few things. I like that, the beginning has been made,” Rummenigge added.
“We will never raise the white flag, giving up is not part of our vocabulary.”
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