Berlin (dpa) - DFB director Oliver Bierhoff has spoken out in the course of the coronavirus pandemic for an upper salary limit in football.
"If it is legally feasible and we think about it together across Europe - yes. Because in the end it should be of everyone's interest that we have an interesting, well-functioning competition," Bierhoff told the news portal "t-online.de" .
The European soccer champion from 1996 now sees a greater willingness for this concern. The countries are also ready to discuss "who were not before the crisis," said Bierhoff and spoke of the "big clubs in Spain, England and France". It is about how to curb transfer fees, salaries or consultant fees.
Bierhoff is not bothered by the high wages of the superstars. "Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Jo Kimmich are not the problem. The problem is the mass of mediocrity that is part of this pull and is 'overpaid' in quotation marks," emphasized the former striker, who expects wages to drop as a result of the crisis: "A mediocre Bundesliga professional will have to count on the fact that he will soon be offered less by the club. "
Bierhoff also addresses a fairer distribution of TV money. "We are already taking a pretty social path in Germany. But more balance would also be possible at European level," said the DFB director.
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