How could the break between investor Lars Windhorst and Hertha BSC come about? Part 2 of Reconstructing a Toxic Relationship: How expanding investment became the beginning of the end – and why the relationship with President Gegenbauer escalated.
In the beginning, financial investor Lars Windhorst’s entry into Hertha BSC was the most spectacular financial deal in the history of the Bundesliga – but the relationship between the club and the financier soon developed into a permanent crisis in six acts. Here you can read part 1 of the detailed analysis: From a fabulous deal early in the morning that even the Hertha bosses could hardly believe, to the scandal surrounding Windhorst’s advisor Jürgen Klinsmann. Now we continue with part 2.