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Barcelona as a negative example: FC Bayern boss warns of a new price spiral in professional football

2021-09-28T11:02:39.919Z


Has European club football learned nothing from Corona? FC Bayern President Herbert Hainer sees an unpleasant development - and warns of an "unhealthy" price spiral.


Has European club football learned nothing from Corona?

FC Bayern President Herbert Hainer sees an unpleasant development - and warns of an "unhealthy" price spiral.

Munich - The Corona crisis would have been a good occasion for a change of course: After all, the pandemic has revealed that the financial seriousness of many professional clubs is not in the best of circumstances.

This is demonstrably not the case with FC Bayern Munich *: The record champions are by far the strongest force in Germany, despite the losses, there was still a profit at the end of the 2019/2020 financial year.

If FCB President Herbert Hainer has his way, however, professional football has not learned much from the past few months.

The club boss warns of a further explosion in player salaries and fees for football consultants.

FC Bayern: Hainer warns of a new price spiral - "That can't be healthy"

As a negative example, Hainer cites the crash of the Spanish top club FC Barcelona * in an interview: “We all talk about Barcelona because it is so obvious there and has been made public. But there are certainly more clubs that have financial difficulties. And yet the players' salaries are rising and the consultant fees are getting bigger and bigger. That can't be healthy and intentional, ”explains the 67-year-old to the

Münchner Abendzeitung

.

As a result, Hainer sees that, despite Corona, the price screw is going up again, although the criticism of the commercial development of the past decades * in the fan camp is immense.

Above all, the heavily indebted FC Barcelona should be "a warning example that you have to try to regulate things better in order to ensure the special rivalry between the clubs in the long term," says Hainer.

FC Bayern: Hainer expects reasonable financial fair play - and sees Munich as a role model

Despite financial difficulties, there are still clubs that would invest too much: “You have to think about how you can do this more sensibly for the good of everyone.” For Hainer, it is important to implement financial fair play and, in the event of violations, to apply consistent sanctions. "In recent years, however, it has also been softened by Covid and partially suspended," said the former Adidas boss (until 2016).

New considerations are discussed and considered: “I am firmly convinced that it will come.

I can't say how fast.

Among other things, European legislation also plays a role here. "Bayern Munich, on the other hand, is a role model, as Herbert Hainer explains - and as an" inspiration ":" FC Bayern has done well in the last 20 years, having sporting ambitions and nevertheless also economic stability. ”

(PF with dpa material) * tz.de is an offer from IPPPEN.MEDIA

Source: merkur

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