Riddles about Michael Schumacher's health - these statements were made by his manager

Created: 12/31/2021, 1:33 PM

From: Armin T. Linder

Michael Schumacher in 2012. © dpa

How is Michael Schumacher?

Many of his fans are also wondering this on the anniversary of his accident.

Here we summarize the statements made by his manager from 2013 to 2017.

Kerpen - There are hardly any current statements about Michael Schumacher's health.

Of course, fans and the media respect Michael Schumacher's privacy.

Nevertheless, followers are still interested in his health.

Therefore, on the eighth anniversary of his terrible accident, we are summarizing what his manager Sabine Kehm had said between 2013 and 2017, a time when there were even more corresponding statements.

Mind you:

.

Also read: Michael Schumacher: Huge confusion about possible relocation - according to the manager, everything is completely different

December 2017: The manager reveals a "secret wish" that leaves everything in a different light

On the fourth anniversary of the accident, the French sports newspaper

devoted several pages to the Michael Schumacher case

in December 2017

. "The state of health of the seven-time Formula 1 world champion is the subject of numerous rumors," wrote the paper. It was the cover story, on the cover a portrait of the native Rhinelander with the words: "Schumi, we won't forget you."

The story is split up into various articles. One of them lists the many rumors that surround Schumacher - there are also very infamous ones. Another is about his children. But the main article from

should be exciting for many fans

- it is very, very long and, of course, primarily looks at the big picture. But not only. His manager Sabine Kehm also has a say. It is one of the very rare statements (read more below) from Schumacher's confidants. The 

apparently met Kehm in Nyon, Switzerland.

A quote from Kehm in particular makes you sit up and take notice.

It has haunted the German media since the newspaper's report.

Anyone who

reads

the original text of

will, however, find out: She said it back in spring 2016, but it didn't get a lot of attention until December. 

"He told me he wanted to disappear," the Schumacher manager is quoted as saying.

"He said to me (sometime before the accident): 'Don't call me to plan things for next year, I'll go away.'" That was his secret dream.

"That's why I don't let anything out."

These words from Kehm shed a completely different light on the matter: It was Schumacher's wish anyway to take place in public even less than before.

So it is only logical that Kehm let even less announce in the time after the accident.

In addition, it is Schumacher's private matter.

"Everyone understands the situation," says Kehm.

"It's a question of dignity."

In addition, Kehm gives insights into how Schumacher kept his distance from the press in the past: "He always set very strict rules. No journalist had his telephone number, no photographer was allowed to visit him."

We have summarized the remarks that Kehm has also made in the years since Schumacher's accident for you.

Background: Schumacher accident on December 29, 2013

Michael Schumacher's skiing accident was celebrated for the eighth time in December 2021.

The Formula 1 record world champion had an accident on December 29, 2013 while skiing in the French Alps.

In a fall, his head hit a rock and suffered severe head trauma despite wearing a helmet.

Schumacher had been in mortal danger for days, lying in an artificial coma for months.

Since September 2014, he has been continuing rehabilitation in his adopted Swiss home, Gland.

There are hardly any details about his condition.

Of course not photos either.

He is shielded from the public.

In terms of photos, however, the situation almost changed: There was talk of a secretly taken photo of the hospital bed, which was offered to various publishers for a lot of money.

Apparently it was photographed "up close". 

An advertisement followed.

However, the procedure was discontinued according to

.

The reason for this: The authority could apparently not identify a perpetrator. 

Another trial followed in February 2017, which revolved

around an assertion by the

Schumacher's state of health should then also be discussed in court.

Michael Schumacher: This is what his manager Sabine Kehm says about his state of health - chronology from 2013 to 2017

Sabine Kehm has been Michael Schumacher's manager for many years. She is the only one who publishes official statements about his state of health - albeit very cautiously. Here are their most important statements since the accident in chronology.

Sabine Kehm on the editorial network Germany in May 2017: "Michael is a public figure, the public has the right to know that something has happened. We have also made it very clear

. Michael, however, very consistently has one drawn a clear line between the public person and the private person. The fans and media have always accepted that. The decision to protect privacy from the public was made in Michael's interest.

. "

Sabine Kehm in December 2016: "Michael's health is not a public issue, and we will therefore continue not to comment on it," says Kehm: "If only because we have to protect Michael's privacy as much as possible." From a legal point of view

she added. "We are aware that this is difficult for some people to understand, but we do this in complete accordance with Michael's position and can only thank you for your understanding."

Sabine Kehm in July 2016: "Michael shouldn't go away. But at

. And everyone should understand that."

Sabine Kehm in March 2016 on the

: The question about Schumacher's recovery path a good two years after his serious skiing accident "

".

You have to explain a lot because it is "a constant process".

Sabine Kehm in December 2015: "Unfortunately, a current press report forced us to clarify that the claim that Michael could leave is not true.

Sabine Kehm in May 2015: "We are happy to continue to say that he is

making

, and I always say that

."

(...) "But of course it will be a

for everyone involved

."

Sabine Kehm in November 2014 on RTL: "You have to give it time. I think you

."

Sabine Kehm in June 2014: "

continue his long phase of rehabilitation. He is

."

(...) "His family would like to expressly thank all the doctors, nurses, nurses and therapists treating them in Grenoble as well as the first-aiders at the scene of the accident, who have done an excellent job in these first months."

Sabine Kehm in April 2014: "Michael is making progress on his way. He shows

."

(...) "We stand by his side in his long and difficult fight, together with the team from the Grenoble hospital, and we remain confident."

Sabine Kehm in January 2014: "Michael's anesthetics have recently been reduced in order to put him in a

that can take a very long time."

Sabine Kehm shortly after the accident in December 2013: "Michael fell

on a

. He was taken to the hospital and received professional medical care."

The treating team of doctors added that Schumacher's condition was "extremely serious".

He is

in mortal danger

with "

" and has been put into an

.

Michael Schumacher: That's what friends and companions say about his state of health

Luca di Montezemolo in February 2016: "Unfortunately, an accidental fall on skis broke him," says di Montezemolo on the podium. The

, emphasizes the ex-Ferrari boss. He did not give any further details.

Ex-manager Willi Weber in December 2015 at tz: "What do we know? Michael is making progress, but the question is: Progress at what level?

I suffered so much from that and still suffer." (...) "I find it worrying that you don't hear from the family and I miss the transparency a bit. You have to say what is and can't keep it secret forever. Michael was a man who was in public I don't think it's a good thing that they don't finally investigate. It's like a game of hide-and-seek. "

Jean-François Payen in October 2014: "

" said the head of anesthesia and resuscitation at Grenoble University Hospital, to which Schumacher brought after his skiing accident on December 29, 2013 would.

Michael Schumacher: Friends and companions wish him all the best

A small selection of recovery wishes from the past few years:

Sebastian Vettel

continues to hope that record world champion Michael Schumacher will recover. In a joint interview with basketball superstar

, the Formula 1 driver told "Bild am Sonntag" at the end of July: "It's a brutal fate. But there is always hope. Anyone who knows him from his active days knows that Michael is a fighter. If anyone manages to turn things around, it is him. "Vettel demanded:"

. "

"I ask you, with all your heart, to keep your fingers crossed for our friend on the road to recovery or to pray for him," said former Mercedes motorsport director and long-time Schumacher companion

in May 2017 during his laudation on Schumacher, the one Award for his life's work.

"Michael was her guiding star in sport, is her guiding star, remains her guiding star," emphasized Haug.

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