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DFB President Bernd Neuendorf and DFL Supervisory Board Chairman Hans-Joachim Watzke (from left) are to move up
Photo: Alexander Hassenstein / Getty Images for DFB
According to media reports, the German Football Association (DFB) wants to fill its top positions in the international bodies at Uefa and Fifa.
The "Süddeutsche Zeitung" and the ZDF "Sportstudio" report on Thursday that DFL supervisory board chairman Hans-Joachim Watzke should move to the Uefa Executive Committee for Rainer Koch and DFB President Bernd Neuendorf to the Fifa Council for Peter Peters.
The DFB could not initially be reached for a statement.
On Wednesday, the controversial top official Koch, who had been voted out as Vice President of the DFB, had already announced his early withdrawal from the Uefa Executive Committee.
In addition, he will no longer run for another term as President of the Bavarian Football Association at the end of June.
According to ZDF journalist Markus Harm, the planned reshuffle now only depends on Koch, Peters and the international associations.
Peters had clearly lost against Neuendorf in the election for DFB president in March.
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