German Football League (DFL) top official are set to meet over the recruitment of an investor amid ongoing fan protests and calls from clubs for a new vote, dpa has learnt. According to dpa sources, the meeting is set for later in the week and will determine the next steps on the issue. Bundesliga club Cologne are among those calling for a new vote for better legal security and acceptance, and have sent the DFL an according letter. Monday's Frankfurter Rundschau paper quoted Cologne as saying th
Fresh fan protests against a German Football League (DFL) plan to recruit an external investor hit matches on Sunday as cracks in a previous agreement on the deal began to widen. What appeared to be chocolate coins rained down onto the pitch early in Frieburg's Bundesliga clash with Eintracht Frankfurt, while two second-tier games almost had to be abandoned. The match between Nuremberg and Kaiserslautern was disrupted numerous times. Home fans ran onto the perimeter of the pitch behind the goal
Fresh fan protests erupted on Sunday against a German Football League (DFL) plan to recruit an external investor - including a toy plane disrupting a Bundesliga game - as cracks in a previous agreement on the deal began to widen. What appeared to be chocolate coins rained down onto the pitch early in Freiburg's 3-3 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt, before the remote-controlled toy plane and more hurled sweets led the players to leave the pitch for several minutes in the second half. On Saturday, re
German Football League (DFL) managing directors Marc Lenz and Steffen Merkel hope that an escalation can be prevented amid the fan protests against the planned entry of an investor into the league. "It's okay if we are peacefully reminded week after week how important it is to stay within the red lines in the negotiations. But if it concerns possible match cancellations: The clubs and we couldn't accept that," Lenz told Saturday's edition of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. The DFL voted to bring in a s