Enlarge image
Ex-Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Photo: Stefan Matzke / Sven Simon / sampics / imago images
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge protects national player Joshua Kimmich, who is still not vaccinated against Corona.
"If I know a player who was extremely responsible and exemplary in dealing with many things in life, it was always Joshua," said the former CEO of Bayern Munich.
"In that case, I think he will make the right decision at some point," said Rummenigge, referring to a corona vaccination from Kimmich that is still possible.
He is not particularly surprised by the force of the public debate about Kimmich.
“Corona has been following us for a year and a half now.
I am not surprised that it is now a big political issue, "said the 66-year-old.
"You should still leave the church in the village."
Kimmich had confirmed last weekend that he was not vaccinated against the corona virus (read a comment here).
The Bayern professional stated that he still had concerns about vaccination.
He didn't rule her out in a TV interview for the future either.
“It has to be up to him,” pleaded Rummenigge: “I think that's the decisive criterion.
I do not consider pressure from outside to be expedient. "
Hoeneß criticizes the media's "tsunami"
Bayern honorary president Uli Hoeneß sees the media as the mainspring of the heated vaccination debate about Kimmich.
"You are responsible for the tsunami," said the 69-year-old.
Hoeneß did not want to comment that Kimmich and probably some other Munich professionals have not yet been vaccinated.
"The only one I talk to in this connection is Joshua himself," said the former club president.
But he has an opinion on it.
Labor lawyer:
Kimmich
can also play in the stadium without a vaccination
According to labor law expert Gregor Thüsing, Kimmich's vaccination status will not prevent the Bayern star from continuing to compete in professional football.
Although the 26-year-old had to be tested for Corona before the games, there was no legal obligation for a vaccination, said the professor of labor law at the University of Bonn of the German press agency.
It is different with viewers, for example.
According to the current legal situation, you can be refused entry to the stadium if you have neither recovered nor vaccinated.
as / dpa