The vaccination debate about Bayern star Joshua Kimmich does not end.
Now another mouthpiece of German football has joined in and made an appeal to the national player.
Munich - The incidence figures in Germany are currently skyrocketing.
Last week, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported over 50,000 people newly infected with corona in Germany in one day - the highest value since the start of the pandemic.
It is therefore logical that the vaccination debate about one of the most famous footballers in the country is still an issue.
As is well known, Joshua Kimmich revealed his status in an interview several weeks ago: unvaccinated.
He justified his decision not to have been vaccinated so far on the grounds that he had “a few personal concerns” “about the lack of long-term studies”.
Kimmich has to leave the DFB quarter early - Eberl appeals to midfielders
Kimmich felt the first consequence during the international break when he had to leave early after the positive corona diagnosis from Bayern colleague Niklas Süle. The FCB stars Serge Gnabry and Jamal Musiala also started their early journey home. Now the failure of the 26-year-old is not that important from a purely sporting point of view, as the DFB team already has the ticket for the 2022 World Cup in their pockets. But the discussions about Kimmich and his vaccination status do not stop. Most recently, national team colleague Ilkay Gündogan (31) was convinced that Kimmich would get vaccinated sooner or later.
With Max Eberl, another mouthpiece of German football joined the debate.
With urgent words he appealed to
gladbachlive.de
in the direction of Kimmich: “We can not only decide for ourselves, but have to consider a charisma.
The discussion about Joshua Kimmich does not exist in this dynamic for nothing. "Sports stars like the midfielder have a certain role model function in society," which we want to live up to, and possibly even have to do.
Nevertheless, everyone is free to decide what they want to do for their health, ”says Eberl.
Vaccination debate: Eberl sees Kimmich as responsible - "have to pay tribute"
It is said that in addition to Kimmich there are four other players in the German record champions who have not yet been vaccinated. The situation in Gladbach near Borussia is different. “Here at Borussia we have another player who has not yet been vaccinated, but will do so now. Then we have reached a vaccination rate of one hundred percent in our licensing area, "the foal manager is
quoted
from
gladbachlive.de
as saying.
Eberl speaks of himself as “an advocate of vaccination.
This is also an appeal from me to get vaccinated in order to get more normality for all of us. ”The 48-year-old, who used to lace up his shoes for Bayern, sees the vaccination decision as left to himself , but also believes that as a public figure you have to make certain sacrifices.
“Because we are so public in the Bundesliga, we have to pay tribute at the same time.
We have to carefully consider how we should deal with our role model function. ”Eberl finds that“ he not only makes decisions as Joshua Kimmich, but also as one of the great figureheads of German football ”.
Should vaccination status decide on the invitation to the national team?
Matthew with a clear opinion
Vaccinated or not vaccinated - when it comes to the best line-up for the German national team, the performance principle should continue to apply. At least that's what Lothar Matthäus said to
Bild am Sonntag
. "Hansi Flick should continue to select the players according to whether he needs them for the greatest possible sporting success, nominate them according to their level of performance - regardless of whether they have been vaccinated or not," the ex-national player is quoted as saying. Matthäus also emphasized: “If Hansi Flick ever made the decision to only invite vaccinated players, everyone would have to accept it. Then players who had not been vaccinated could no longer appear for the national team for the time being. "
Should the vaccination status decide on the invitation to the national team?
In any case, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge hopes that this topic will be dealt with during the next international break.
“The next international matches will take place in March 2022.
I am optimistic that in the meantime all national players have been vaccinated. "
(Kus)
