Hannover 96 boss Martin Kind criticizes the Bundesliga for ending talks about investor entry. He explains whether he outsmarted the DFL and his own club with the 50+1 rule – and he talks about his public role as a villain in the football industry.
The boss drives up. Martin Kind parks his black sports car directly in front of the headquarters of his hearing aid company in Großburgwedel. In this case, direct actually means direct. There are free parking spaces, but the child, 79, parks directly in front of the entrance. Friendly smile, unfortunately he can only give his left hand, he says, a tennis injury, annoying thing. Otherwise, the managing director of the professional footballers from Hannover 96 seems noticeably in a good mood. In the dispute over the ultimately stopped entry of an investor into the German Football League (DFL) – including massive fan protests – he recently publicly played the role of the villain in German football. He knows enough about disputes within the club from Hanover. Wanted at 96 You can even expel Child, the declared opponent of the 50+1 rule, which limits the influence of investors on Bundesliga clubs, from his office. But the child is still there. And now the trouble is running nationwide.