TV station Vox has landed a big coup. A German soccer world champion is in the new episode of "The Lion's Den".
- Vox is looking for a new investor for " The Lion's Den ".
- Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg will soon strengthen the panel of experts.
- On Tuesday, he would have met a world champion colleague on the show. However, he plays football .
Update from April 16: World soccer champion André Schürrle was unable to convince investors of "The Lion's Den" by a digital personal trainer. And now suddenly there are many question marks before his further sporting career .
The former Borussia Dortmund international is currently on loan to Spartak Moscow . But apparently he could not win over those responsible for the top Russian club. As the Bild newspaper reports, the purchase option for the winger is not drawn .
Schürrle must therefore prepare for an uncertain future . At BVB , he should n't find a place in the well-staffed squad , and his engagement in distant Russia has got him out of the focus of many clubs . His contract with the black and yellow runs until 2021, an extension is considered very unlikely .
TV debacle at “Die Höhle der Löwen”: German soccer world champion fails completely in VOX show
First announcement from April 8th: Cologne - The founders show "Die Höhle der Löwen" has been running successfully at the private broadcaster Vox since 2014 . So far, the show has only had a celebrity factor in the jury. The most famous lion is probably Carsten Maschmeyer , who now belongs to the corona risk group after his skin cancer diagnosis. Entrepreneur Frank Thelen has also announced that he will no longer be involved in the next season.
"The Lion's Den" (Vox): Investor team will change - prominent new signing has already been made
The team of experts will change soon. On Tuesday evening, the well-known investors still quarreled about the deals. Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg will soon expand the team. It's a shame that he wasn't already there, because he would have been in good company.
DHDL: Nico Rosberg becomes a lion - but he missed the world championship appearance
Fritz Grünewalt , former member of the board of 1. FC Kaiserslautern, presented his innovative training mat including the associated fitness app and received prominent support .
He has already invested 4.5 million euros in the development of the "FitterYou" . "Athletes who are looked after individually have better fitness and progress faster", he had once realized after a serious sports injury and so he came up with the idea for the virtual personal trainer .
Soccer world champion André Schürrle: prominent support for DHDL candidate
His star partner probably only needs this at the time of the initial restrictions in the corona crisis *. Soccer world champion André Schürrle is a partner in the Kickstarter project. The template provider from 2014 suddenly switched on via video call.
"Fritz and his team have a vision that I share ," trying awarded Dortmund to deceive the investors, "that every human being every day in motion gets." But the World Cup hero status did not help and none of the Lions beat with the offer of ten percent of the company shares at a price of half a million euros.
André Schürrle fails in "Lion's Den": Carsten Maschmeyer becomes personal
Nils Glagau was pretty sure that an app could not replace a real trainer who “drives and heats up”, Dagmar Wöhrl missed the possibility of the app to correct wrong processes . Carsten Maschmeyer , however, shot directly against the founder. "For four and a half million you could have been much further ", criticized the former AWD owner and it becomes clear: " Your handling of money bothers me. "
Quote of the year: "Your handling of money bothers me." in the lion's den.
- Charly (@CharlyRedDevil) April 7, 2020André Schürrle did not become the source of the template in the Vox Show . It shouldn't happen for a while on the pitch either. The 29-year-old is currently playing for Spartak Moscow and the Russian football league is also interrupted because of the corona pandemic *.
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