Corona in football: Bayern without three stars in the DFB Cup final? Extending the season beyond June 30th is already raising legal issues.
- Many fans are happy about the renewal the professional football season in the Corona crisis *.
- But labor law throws the season expansion some legal questions on.
- Above all that DFB Cup final * and the Relegation are affected by it.
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Munich – The corona virus and its consequences * caused the game in German professional football to freeze for a good two months. Recently the renewal of DFB Cups * as well as the Bundesliga season * announced, however there is a pure legal Problem: the validity of the Player contracts.
Bundesliga in the Corona crisis: the problem of the cut-off date June 30th
After it was decided that the current season would be extended due to the postponed European Championship, the June 30 as the key date end of season. Many contracts between players and managers end on this very day. However, due to the short-term planning, some dates slipped into the following month. So they should Relegation games in early July take place – provided that the last Bundesliga matchday can take place on June 27 and 28 *.
Corona virus / soccer: Are several Bayern stars missing for the DFB Cup final?
But an important date could be especially at FC Bayern* to cause problems. If the German record champions Eintracht Frankfurt beat the cup semi-finals on June 9 or 10 *, they would only be on July 4th the cup final contest. In the specific case of FC Bayern * Philippe Coutinho, Ivan Perisic and Alvaro Odriozola three loan players from the current squad * are missing. The players would no longer have a valid contract with them at the time of the final Record cup winner.
Scenario: #Couthino & #Perisic shoot #FCBayern into the #DFBPokal Finale. Both contracts expire on June 30, 2020 and may not then compete in the final on July 4? They are missing a career highlight in the empty #Olympiastadion …
– Robert Haag (@haag_rh) May 11, 2020
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This problem also poses for the other three semi-finalists labor law Questions arise, in the second semifinal fourth division Saarbrücken competes with the Bundesliga club * Bayer Leverkusen. Run at Bayern’s semi-final opponent Frankfurt a total of six professional contracts as of June 30, including the contract of captain Makoto Hasebe.
Bundesliga in Corona mode: What does the DFB say about the current problem?
“At a later end of the season, we would have to comply with the licensing requirements special agreement “, employment lawyer Johan-Michel Menke, who also advises the DFB, told SID. On Tuesday, he confirmed that nothing had changed. “The club has to approach each player and him by one new time limit ask – and the player has to agree“Said the expert. There are also lawyers who believe that the contracts will automatically be extended until the end of the season, Menke says.
The DFB recently adapted its provisions for contract players, paragraphs 22 and 23 accordingly state that clubs concerned are players with expiring contracts agreement can meet them to would still be available to the current club on June 30.
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