Christian Seifert will let his contract as chairman of the German Football League expire and will stop in the foreseeable future, as he himself announced.
Christian Seifert
does not
extend his expiring contract with the
DFL
.
This decision comes as a surprise,
Seifert
confirmed it in a message.
Since 2005 he has been chairman of the German Football League.
Update from October 26, 4:55 p.m.:
DFL managing director
Christian Seifert
announced his resignation for the summer of 2022 on Monday morning.
Now FCB * boss
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
spoke up
.
Compared to the TV channel
Sky
*, the 65-year-old spoke of a "big loss for the Bundesliga" and commented on the change in
personnel
.
Bundesliga: DFB boss Christian Seifert will quit in 2022 - Rummenigge: "I understand him"
"He has done the job first class for 15 years now, and the
Bundesliga
has profited from it in the long term," said Rummenigge on Monday at the
pay-TV broadcaster
.
Seifert has been in office since 2005 and has managed, among other things, to increase the marketing
value of
the television rights from 400 million euros per season to more than
one
billion euros
.
Thanks to the DFL hygiene concept, the national leagues were the first of the top leagues in Europe to resume playing during the Corona * crisis.
There was speculation about Seifert's contract even before the announcement, said the
Bayern chairman
.
“It was clear that it would not be that easy this time because he was
able to prove
his
qualities
again and again,
especially in these Corona times
.
Not only the
DFL
and the Bundesliga clubs will have noticed, ”said
Rummenigge
.
When looking for a successor, "sufficient time" is important.
Rummenigge
will also
leave his office
at
the
turn of the year in 2022
, which
Oliver Kahn will
hold.
This is also why Rummenigge showed
understanding
for the
DFL boss
.
"I understand him, he is now 52 years old and at that age you think about whether you want to do something new again, then you have to do it now."
Bundesliga bang: Christian Seifert will hand over the chairmanship of the DFL in 2022
Update from October 26th, 9:40 a.m.:
Managing Director
Christian Seifert
will leave
the
German Football League
after his contract expires in June 2022.
As the Rastatter writes in his declaration, “these are demanding times that require clarity and
reliability
.
That applies to the DFL as a whole and also to my professional ambitions ”.
“In two years I would like to
open
a
new
professional chapter,
” said the 51-year-old on Monday morning on the DFL homepage.
His decision is "already important now, so that the Supervisory Board is given
the opportunity at an
early stage
to incorporate this fact into considerations about the future organization of DFL GmbH".
Personal statement from # DFL managing director Christian Seifert ➡️ https://t.co/pzIvfKbPWz pic.twitter.com/DpFH2ZLB3X
- DFL German Football League (@DFL_Official) October 26, 2020
Bundesliga hammer: Christian Seifert will retire as DFL chair in 2022
First report from October 25th, 10:30 p.m .:
Frankfurt am Main -
Christian Seifert
will apparently no longer be head of the
German Football League
(DFL).
As the
picture
reports, the 51-year-old will not extend his contract, which will expire on June 30, 2022.
Bundesliga: Christian Seifert will probably end as head of the DFL in 2022
Seifert
obviously wants to
look for a new challenge.
The Baden resident has been the chairman of the DFL management board and, in this role, also vice-president of the German Football Association * (DFB).
The 36 professional clubs of the
1st and 2nd Bundesliga
*
are
united
in the
DFL
.
Among other things, this involves the distribution of the TV money.
Overall, this news comes as a surprise.
Seifert
had made no real hints in the past to break up in 2022.
So far this year Seifert has been very busy.
The
Corona crisis
* posed and continues to pose great challenges for professional football.
Bundesliga: Christian Seifert before retreat - role model during the Corona crisis
The
Bundesliga
* was one of the first sports leagues to resume play in May and thus became a role model for the
Premier League
*,
La Liga
& Co was taken.
In the spring, the critical voices grew louder, according to which
professional football was
once again claiming a special role and had been granted a privilege by politics.
All in all,
however, the DFL's
hygiene concept was
convincing
.
Overall,
Seifert
brought
the Bundesliga * to the much-cited next level, which is impressively clear from a total of 14 record sales in series.
Under his direction, the marketing of TV rights rose from 400 million euros per season to more than one billion euros.
There was more than just praise from the soccer fan camp.
Ultras in particular regularly criticize Seifert for the advancing commercialization of football.
All this can
Seifert
from 2022 now probably be all the same, while the DFL faces a difficult task to occupy the office again.
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