The failed entry of an investor in the German Football League continues to occupy the Bundesliga. Many fear that the community of solidarity will drift apart.
After the no to an investor in the German Football League, the solidarity of the professional football clubs is under scrutiny.
This was confirmed by Bundesliga bosses in a discussion at the SpoBis sports congress. If development continues like this, “it would put the community to the test at some point,” said managing director Michael Meeske from VfL Wolfsburg: “I wouldn’t say that it can no longer be done. But it’s a stress test. And I’m not sure whether the will to change is actually there. It is too short-sighted to say that we can somehow manage it differently.”
Managing Director Markus Rejek from 1. FC Köln reported that he was “shocked” after the vote last week, but made it clear: “That was not a vote against investors. Everyone supports the further development. But that was perhaps a pointer to the type and way we treated each other.” That should wake you up now. “Maybe we’ll say in a few years that that was the turning point from a certain backroom politics to a better togetherness.” He warns of the “reflex that the Bundesliga has to separate from the 2nd division”.
For marketing board member Andreas Jung from series champion FC Bayern Munich, the vote was “a sign of standstill”. He suspects “that the behavior of the fans played a major role for some. We saw a lot of banners in the stadiums. Maybe one or the other voted differently than planned.”
Rejek: Impending loss of connection to Spain and England
After eleven Bayern championships in a row, the Bundesliga is “in a group with Austria, Switzerland or Holland. And we have to be careful that we don’t get passed on,” said Jung: “I’m not saying that we lose on purpose We were tense on the last day of the game. But what was before that? It wasn’t enough.” You also have to reduce the gap to leagues like Spain and England. Which Rejek considers difficult in view of the sales backlog. “I have no idea how we’re going to, sorry, kick our butts off chasing after that,” he said.
CEO Bernd Schröder from FC Schalke 04 confirmed that his club also voted against the investor. But now you have to look for alternatives. “A lot of good preparatory work was done, which must not be allowed to trickle away,” he said: “After the trial is before the next trial, because it’s clear: it can’t go on like this.”
Source: Stern
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