Bundesliga
Game interruptions: Cologne boss Keller calls for impunity
Cologne manager Christian Keller advocates impunity after the game was interrupted. photo
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Games in the Bundesliga have been interrupted for weeks. That could cost the clubs a lot of money. The request is logical.
Cologne boss Christian Keller has called on the German Football Association (DFB) to impose penalties because of the To forego game interruptions as part of the failed investor deal.
“As a club, in the context of the fan protests, we received requests after every game to comment on the game interruptions. If the DFB sports judiciary were far-sighted, they would also stop the potential requests for punishment after the DFL decision and allow calm to prevail,” Keller told the “Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland”.
“We had an exceptional situation for all of German professional football that is not covered by the sentencing guidelines,” said Keller. The 47-year-old is also a member of the supervisory board of the German Football League (DFL).
Deal collapsed after protests
The DFL had declared that it would no longer continue negotiations to conclude a billion-dollar deal. She had previously ended discussions with the last remaining investor CVC.
There had been weeks of fan protests against the investor deal. Cologne boss Keller said: “The communication could certainly be improved. But it was not the DFL as an institution, but the supporting clubs at the respective location that should have prepared their base better before approval. They should have explained in more detail why the desired private equity -Deems entry right.”