Because Niklas Süle tested positive for the corona virus, Joshua Kimmich has to be in quarantine as a contact person.
That could cost him a lot of salary.
Wolfsburg - The fourth corona wave is in full swing and has also reached the international traveling circus around the DFB and the German national team.
National coach Hansi Flick can be happy that it will only go against football dwarf Liechtenstein on Thursday, because against a more powerful opponent his team could have had problems with the many quarantine failures.
Due to the positive - but at least vaccinated - Bayern central defender Niklas Süle, four more stars have to cancel the trip and go into quarantine.
Karim Adeyemi and FCB colleagues Serge Gnabry, Jamal Musiala and Joshua Kimmich are specifically affected.
In the case of the latter, everyone in Germany should know about the immunization status by now.
The other three still have question marks.
Coronavirus at the DFB: Joshua Kimmich could lose a lot of money
As far as Kimmich is concerned, the quarantine that was ordered could be extremely costly. According to the ordinances of the city of Munich, the 26-year-old can test himself as an unvaccinated contact person after seven days at the earliest. Without a negative PCR or rapid antigen test, he would only be released after ten days. The catch: In addition: Unvaccinated people have no longer been entitled to loss of earnings since November 1st - the decision is up to the employer. Only those who are vaccinated can certainly continue to earn their salaries in quarantine.
So the decision lies with FC Bayern.
As the
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reports, the record champions should now have the opportunity to save around 384,000 euros in one fell swoop in the case of Kimmich.
With an alleged annual salary of 20 million euros, that would be the national player's weekly earnings.
A request from Merkur.de as to whether the club intends to do this has so far remained unanswered.
Corona virus at the DFB: Four other stars do not have to leave
It is unclear how things are going with Adeyemi, Gnabry and Musiala. The DFB's approach suggests that the professionals are also not sufficiently immunized. If that were the case, they would not have had to leave. This applies to the other contact persons Manuel Neuer, Jonas Hofmann, Florian Neuhaus and Leroy Sané, who also sat in the private plane with Süle and are allowed to stay in Wolfsburg.
According to the national team director Oliver Bierhoff, the vaccinated quartet must instead sit in isolation at the tables in the hotel and drive to the training ground separately from the team.
According to team doctor Tim Meyer, not only the vaccinations play a role in the decision of who has to leave and who not: "The vaccination is one of the criteria, but not the only one," he is
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by
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It is not known what the other criteria are.
Hansi Flick will certainly comment on the cases at the press conference - you will not miss a statement in our merkur.de live ticker.
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