DFB boss Fritz Keller
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The President of the German Football Association, Fritz Keller, who is heavily criticized and called to resign, met on Thursday morning in Munich to exchange views with Charlotte Knobloch, the former President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany.
According to information from the sports information service, a corresponding report in the "Bild" newspaper applies.
The conversation was about Keller's heavily criticized Nazi comparison.
The head of the German Football Association (DFB) compared his deputy Rainer Koch with the notorious Nazi judge Roland Freisler.
With this, Keller dramatically escalated the association's leadership crisis.
The 64-year-old was asked by the heads of the state and regional associations by a large majority to resign.
“I said something out of emotion in a conflict that I deeply regret.
That has nothing to do with me and my attitude, "said Keller," that is why I am currently speaking to various people in order to straighten it out and thank Charlotte Knobloch, the President of the Jewish Community in Munich and Upper Bavaria, for her advice and advice very open conversation. "
But the conversation also had another background.
On Monday, the DFB ethics committee brought the Keller case to the sports court.
It is the first time that a DFB president has to answer before the association's internal court.
The head of the ethics committee is Bernd Knobloch, the son of Charlotte Knobloch.
After the disastrous vote of the regional and state chairmen over the weekend, Keller asked for a time to think about it.
At the Potsdam conference, the DFB officials had not only deprived him of digestion, but also General Secretary Friedrich Curtius.
Keller and Curtius have been blocking each other in a power struggle within the association for months.
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