Axel Hellmann: The Bundesliga must strengthen its competitiveness

Created: 08/12/2022, 04:48 am

Axel Hellmann, Spokesman of the Board of Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball AG.

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Axel Hellmann, spokesman for the board of Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, is confident about the election to the presidency of the German Football League (DFL) on August 17th.

Frankfurt/Main - "I'm looking forward to it.

I received a lot of encouragement for my candidacy from the league," said the 50-year-old on Sky TV.

According to Hellmann, he wants to make his contribution to “enabling the Bundesliga to regain maximum competitiveness, also internationally.

We fell behind compared to other leagues, so we have to catch up.”

The capital resources of the Bundesliga clubs must “always be such that we can keep up in competition with the other leagues,” Hellmann emphasized: “So our thought must be: How do we strengthen international marketing?

That we are permanently positioned at a high level in order to retain players in the Bundesliga who are internationally sought-after on the market and to keep the Bundesliga highly attractive.”

At the same time, the Frankfurter promoted the Europa League, which Eintracht had won last season: "We never interpreted the competition as a losers' cup, but always as a huge opportunity for Eintracht Frankfurt.

I wish that other clubs in the Bundesliga see it that way too.” dpa