The main sponsor says goodbye

Bad news in the crisis: SpVgg Unterhaching loses its main sponsor. As the association announced, the frozen food manufacturer "Frostkrone" withdraws early on June 30 and used a contractually agreed right of termination. The third division club will therefore be short of 450,000 euros in the coming season. But SpVgg President Manfred Schwabl still does not want to talk about money.

Unterhaching - The termination of the contract was therefore not booked as a sudden shock message. "You expect everything at this time," said Schwabl. A press release yesterday, the third division then even titled "Solidarity in difficult times". Schwabl showed “complete understanding of this decision. In every company, the preservation of jobs must now come before sports sponsorship. Sponsoring is a luxury, the jobs of the employees and of course their health must be an absolute priority. ” Schwabl believes that “Frostkrone”, which has been the main sponsor of SpVgg since January 2018, is now pulling the emergency brake prematurely due to the corona crisis, “is something that has to be accepted. Economic issues must now be at the bottom. "

Originally, the contract would have run until June 30, 2021, but now the sponsor had to meet the notice period of March 30. "It is not out of the question for him to continue," said Schwabl, "but now he had to meet the deadline, I understand that. Nobody knows how it all goes on. ”The termination had already been communicated to him in a personal telephone call with“ Frostkrone ”managing director Frédéric Dervieux and was finally received in writing on Monday.

"Very open communication, and that's how I imagine it to be among business partners," said Hachings President. As a company listed on the stock exchange, SpVgg had to disclose the information immediately. It was also emphasized that the termination “does not close the door for a future partnership”. Dervieux also keeps his position on the supervisory board of "SpVgg Unterhaching Fußball GmbH und Co. KGaA". "We have agreed that 'Frostkrone' and the SpVgg want to go the same way again in the near future, whenever and in whatever form," said Schwabl.

The Hachinger President also remains true to his line on economic issues: "I don't like monetary, of course, as a club you are not happy when the main sponsor quits," he said, "but I am still in this situation in which we are socially are not ready to talk about economic matters. "

"I'm not interested in the fact that the SpVgg is missing 450,000 euros for the coming season," emphasized Schwabl. But: "Of course I have that in my head. It is clear that it will be a challenge. "

The search for a possible new main sponsor will certainly start, but Haching boss Schwabl Realist is also there: "You don't have to think about something like this until you know how things will go in general."