FC Bayern: Zoff! The former head of the DFL announces: “I have to smile when Mr. Rummenigge …”

Update from November 13: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Chief Board of FC Bayern, faced against four Bundesliga clubs. With a type Secret meeting in Frankfurt on Wednesday the clubs were VfB Stuttgart, FC Augsburg, FSV Mainz 05 is Arminia Bielefeld not invited because they are ahead of a new distribution of TV-Gelder he had pronounced.

That brought the first DFL-Executive Director Andreas Rettig now so freaked out he hit the ground running Rummenigge hurled out.

Bundesliga: Bayern boss Rummenigge distributes and suddenly becomes a victim himself

The 57-year-old fears permanent damage for him Thoughts of solidarity within the DFL. “It should be known that one has other thoughts besides that FC Bayern or colleagues, then this could lead to the fact that in the future you will also be persona non grata and be excluded from all other things, “he said in one Sky-Interview. “Then we can close the shop soon.”

It is “amazing that one ignores the others in a sense and is playing muscle games here, so to speak, saying: you were critical. You used to think outside the box and carry thoughts – and as a reward you are no longer allowed to come to the table, “he stressed. Rectigwho it was for Freiburg, Cologne, Augsburg is St. Pauli he worked in the management but is currently out of office.

DFL dispute: Rummenigge receives counterattack from Rettig

Then take yourself Rettig Rummenigge to the chest and attack the FCB boss directly. “Of course I have to smile when Mr. Rummenigge they got angry about secret meetings or secret documents. “After all, record champions” not only have things in the European Super League or the church crisis secret conversations but he also entered into secret contracts. So that someone with this life then leans out the window like this, I must say, does not lack a certain spiciness “.

The moment of the ongoing discussion is particularly unpleasant Rectig: “In the current situation, you can’t play the saber here, where people are worried about their existence.”

Bundesliga: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC Bayern) distributes powerfully

First report of 11 November: Munich – It is a constant controversial topic in Bundesliga: the distribution of the billion dollars The TV proceeds. But now this dispute has apparently escalated. In the middle: Karl-Heinz-Rummenigge, CEO of FC Bayern Munich.

Met on Wednesday 11 November 15 Bundesliga teams from the first and second championships at Frankfurt airport to discuss future topics within the German Football League (DFL) to discuss.

TV money in the Bundesliga: big dispute between Bayern Munich and 14 other clubs

Before the meeting, the VfB Stuttgart, FC Augsburg, FSV Mainz 05 and Bundesliga have promoted Arminia Bielefeld along with ten second division teams in a die card position Redistribution of television money mandatory for the 2021/22 season. In the last season alone, the DFL paid around a billion euros from national and international marketing to 36 clubs. The differences are enormous, depending on the sporting success in a five-year evaluation.

No wonder: the German record champions FC Bayern it is also number one in this ranking, earned according to the sector magazine Kicker in the 2019/20 season nearly 68 million euros – SC Paderborn, promoted and relegated, received entries of 26 million euros. There are therefore € 70.64m for Monaco this season. So an increase, notwithstanding Crown.

FC Bayern Munich: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge’s all-round shot due to Bundesliga TV money

Defended accordingly Rummenigge this Wednesday the distribution key (see the video above).

In a press tour after a meeting of 15 supporters, he spoke of the fact that 14 other clubs had “thrown gloves into the ring”, “with an ulterior motive:” They want to put pressure on the DFL Presidium, big changes in the To carry out the TV money distribution. “(Pm)

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge’s all-round envelope – the full statement from the FC Bayern manager

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, CEO of Bayern Munich: „We have not discussed the issue of distributing money on TV at all. We have also made a clear decision on this. We have decided that the area of ​​competence here rests exclusively with the DFL Presidium. We absolutely do not want to draw up a summary document to give some advice to this DFL Presidium. This is our DFL Presidium, which we elected about twelve months ago. This Presidium has the great confidence of all the clubs present. I think we are well advised not to send impulse documents to other clubs in this republic, as has unfortunately happened to other clubs in the past. We do not state, I would like to make it very clear and explicit, that we are a G-15 here. We are not. We are always ready to expand this group where desired and needed. However, we also want to send an impulse, as it was so nicely called, of documents, to cease in this republic. Why: We haven’t broken this solidarity pact, but we see it with the four Bundesliga clubs and the ten second division clubs that have thrown gloves into the ring here. With only one ulterior motive: that they want to pressure the DFL presidium to make big changes in the distribution of television money. We don’t want it! We have absolute confidence in the DFL Presidium to make the right, good and serious decisions. We are convinced of it. And we must not forget: this body was elected twelve months ago. He should have the trust and loyalty of everyone, and not just these 15 who were here today. “

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