Of
Christoph Leischwitz, Munich
Good afternoon, Mr. Rummenigge. With these words begins the letter in which Harald Belzig announced his departure from FC Bayern Munich. It was on April 12th, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has since retired as chairman of the football club, but the patriarch’s imminent withdrawal could no longer slow Belzig. “I’m not resentful, but if someone does it, it’s irreversible,” he says. Even for a “Grüß Gott” in the salutation it was no longer enough, a conscious decision. And by “non-existent greetings, I expressed my disapproval”. Belzig’s allegations are razor-sharp. When he is sitting in a café on the Schwanthalerhöhe one June afternoon and is picking up speed, he sounds a little like the Barnabas of professional football. A single Derblecken.