“DFB Managing Director Holger Blask Reportedly Favorite for DFL Post: Media Report”

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Media report: DFB managing director favorite for DFL post

The German football league According to a media report, (DFL) has a new favorite when looking for a new managing director. As reported by “Bild”, Holger Blask should now be the first candidate for the post.

The DFL supervisory board is said to have already held talks with the current managing director for marketing and sales at the German football-Bund (DFB) have led. Blask had already been with the DFL for several years until 2020, where he was a member of the management board as Director of Audiovisual Rights.

DFL supervisory board chairman Hans-Joachim Watzke recently announced that he would introduce a new managing director in July. After Donata Hopfen left at the end of last year, Oliver Leki (SC Freiburg) and Axel Hellmann (Eintracht Frankfurt) will continue to run the business until the end of June. Jan-Christian Dreesen, the new CEO of FC Bayern Munich, had rejected a request from the DFL to take over the top office.

dpa