Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder has little understanding of the financial concerns and fears of the Bundesliga clubs in the face of the Corona crisis. “It is not the most important task to ensure that the professional clubs survive economically,” Söder told Bild. That is, among other things, the task of the professionals themselves.
“I think it would be okay if players who get very big salaries, to maintain the game operation towards their employer, their clubs, would be a little more reluctant with the money,” said Söder after announcing the disaster case for the state of Bavaria on Monday morning .
In the afternoon, DFL Managing Director Christian Seifert emphasized the existential concerns of the clubs in view of the rampant corona virus, after the general meeting decided to suspend the game until at least April 3. “It’s about survival,” Seifert clarified on Monday after the crisis meeting of the professional clubs in Frankfurt / Main with haunting words.
Seifert also spoke of “tens of thousands of jobs” that would be at stake – if media revenues, sponsorship revenues and audience revenues should collapse: “Then it is only a matter of time before things go wrong.”
Söder takes Bundesliga professionals to duty: “Solidarity is required”
Before the DFL general meeting on Tuesday, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge had pointed out the financial losses of the clubs from the first and second Bundesliga. Missing TV funds cause large gaps in the budgets due to the compulsory break. “If this payment was not made, it would be expected that at least many small and medium-sized clubs would face financial problems,” said the CEO of FC Bayern Munich. There is also “a large three-digit million amount in the fire”.
However, Söder made it clear that players, in particular, could play a decisive role in wiping out the existential concerns that break clubs’ livelihoods. With “so many millions that are earned there every year”, “solidarity is required, not only from the club, but also from the players.” Since “everyone can make their contribution”.
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