“Knowledge-free’: DFB boss shoots violently against Robert Habeck. “I was very surprised that politicians, without any knowledge and, above all, without the facts, would lean so far out of the populist window," says DFB managing director Andreas Rettig.

The supplier decision is his first far-reaching official act at the DFB since taking office in September 2023. According to a report by the Handelsblatt, citing industry circles, Nike's involvement with the D FB will cost more than 100 million euros per year.