The DFB had long been debated - now there is a decision.
President Fritz Keller officially resigns from his office.
Update from May 17, 12:05 p.m.:
DFB President Fritz Keller announced his resignation last week, as the kicker reports, he resigned from the association on Monday.
He was also reacting to his Nazi comparison with Vice President Dr.
Rainer Koch.
It was not until the end of September 2019 that the winemaker and restaurateur, who was Chairman and President of SC Freiburg, took office as the 13th President of the German Football Association and succeeded Reinhard Grindel. After less than two years, it is over, as Keller explained on the DFB homepage.
“As announced, I am making my office as President available for a profound and necessary new beginning in the interests of the German Football Association.
I am personally responsible for my derailment in the presidium meeting on April 23, 2021, which should remain the sad low point of the desolate leadership situation of the DFB, "wrote the 64-year-old on his resignation.
"My misconduct occurred in an environment that was shameful for the DFB, but my resignation will not solve the problems within the DFB and football," he added.
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DFB quake: President Fritz Keller resigns - rumors about successors with Bayern past
Frankfurt - The top management of the German Football Association * is drawing almost closed conclusions from the deep crisis within the association immediately before the EM 2021 *.
DFB President Fritz Keller has declared his willingness to resign, the contract of General Secretary Friedrich Curtius is to be terminated, as the DFB announced on Tuesday - exactly one month before the start of the European Championship.
In recent months, the scandals at the world's largest sports association have increased - recently, Keller caused a sensation with a Nazi comparison.
DFB quake: Full text of the message
“At an extraordinary meeting of the DFB Presidium on May 11, 2021, the association drew conclusions from the ongoing management crisis and set the course for a realignment of the DFB.
President Fritz Keller has made his own free decision, under the responsibility of the office as president, that he is ready in principle to resign on Monday, May 17, 2021 after the hearing before the DFB sports court has been concluded. Secretary General Dr. Friedrich Curtius will follow him immediately after an agreement has been reached about the termination of his employment contract and the handover of his official duties.
The two 1st Vice Presidents Dr. Rainer Koch and Peter Peters will remain in office until the next new elections. Dr. Rainer Koch will no longer run for the office of 1st Vice President Amateurs at the next Ordinary Bundestag. Treasurer Dr. Stephan Osnabrügge will also no longer run as treasurer. The next Ordinary Bundestag will be brought forward - probably at the beginning of 2022.
Peter Peters and Dr.
After Fritz Keller's resignation, Rainer Koch will temporarily shape the transition of the association as interim presidents with equal rights in order to bring the association into calm waters together with the executive committee as quickly as possible.
After Dr.
Friedrich Curtius will temporarily take over his business areas. "
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DFB: Chaos before the EM 2021 - Keller resigns
Immediately before the EM 2021, the course has now been set for a little more calm.
Is the DFB recovering from the Keller era?
A number of deserving ex-national players have already been traded as successor candidates in the past.
A name that kept coming up: Philipp Lahm *.
Meanwhile, Lothar Matthäus even brought a double top with Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Rudi Völler into play.
(akl / dpa) * tz.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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