Berlin (dpa) - Bayer Leverkusen's sporting director Rudi Völler has criticized the excesses of professional football.
"I am not a moral apostle. But professionals are role models. Here is a gold steak, there are a few players who can quickly fly a hairdresser into the hotel the day before the game - that is not possible," said Völler to the news magazine "Focus" .
"I am surprised that the players are not cleverer today," said the 60-year-old soccer world champion from 1990. "Ultimately only hairdressers and steak roasters benefit from the cheap advertising." As a "young professional, he also made mistakes. Only they never came out."
Völler portrait
