Werder coach Markus Anfang quit his job because of a supposedly forged vaccination pass. New reports suggest: There were apparently inconsistencies in the vaccination dates and a training camp stay.
“The Markus Anfang file is closed to us,” says Werder Bremen managing director Klaus Filbry. On the sidelines of the game against Schalke 04, the club boss commented on the ex-trainer’s vaccination passport affair and left little doubt that the club’s management considered the allegations to be justified at the beginning: Because of the ongoing investigation, Filbry did not want to give “a preliminary conviction” , nevertheless the separation from the coach was clearly in the foreground: “The circumstantial situation was very clear. That is why we naturally dealt with legal steps.” Specifically, it was about the instruments of leave of absence and termination on suspicion. “Maybe we would have used them too.”
The background to the vaccination passport affair is largely unclear. The club only found out after signing the contract in June that his new coach had not been vaccinated. According to Club Boss Filbry, there were “understandable reasons” and discussions. At the end of August, the Bremer informed them about his vaccination and also presented a digital vaccination certificate, the paper continues. Ex-Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said on the program “Sky90” “:” I heard that the topic of vaccination was critical at the beginning of the Darmstadt era. “
Quarantine inconsistencies?
The reports, citing “reliable sources”, that there were inconsistencies in the course of the summer regarding a short-term quarantine in Frankfurt and the follow-up by the authorities. In addition, initial vaccination dates would not match a training camp in Werder Bremen. According to “Deichstube”, the contradicting information was noticed by the health department, which then filed a criminal complaint against Markus Anfang on Thursday.
The resignation of Markus Anfang shook the league at the weekend. The reason is an investigation by the public prosecutor against him because of a suspected forged vaccination certificate. On Friday evening, the police presented a search warrant in Bremen’s Weser Stadium. Since beginning cooperated and handed over his apparently incorrect vaccination card and other documents, there were no further searches. At the beginning I then drew his conclusions, “said Filbry. But the 47-year-old has not yet admitted a misconduct.
The German Football League also responded with clear words. “We don’t know the facts. If the suspicion in the room is confirmed, it would be an unacceptable affront to everyone who has been vaccinated in the past few months and has thus contributed to contain the corona.”
Transfer paid to Darmstadt
The beginning had only come to the Weser in the summer and should start the reconstruction of the Green-Whites after the first descent in 41 years. But now the second division has to look for a new head coach. Bremen’s sports director Frank Baumann had made himself strong before the start of the season and even paid a transfer fee to the predecessor club SV Darmstadt 98.
Sources: DPA, Bild.de, Deichstube.de
Source From: Stern
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