Investor Hasan Ismaik has once again indicated his departure from TSV 1860 Munich. In doing so, he crashed the Lions’ party, which celebrated their championship 60 years ago, and caught those involved off guard.
1860 investor Hasan Ismaik actually rarely comments. If he does it twice in one day, then he must have a lot on his mind. According to his Statement in the morning in which Ismaik made demands on the clubthe Jordanian spoke up again in the evening – and indicated his departure. “Sometimes a step back is more honorable than continuing on a path that ends in collapse,” Ismaik wrote on Instagram. The post was posted shortly before 6 p.m., and the party started a few minutes later Champion Lions from 1966 and caught those involved off guard.
Will Ismaik let the Lions go to the regional league a second time?
Sixty are missing 2.7 million euros to receive the license for the 3rd league. Investor Ismaik is currently refusing this. His statement in the evening sounds like a fate like nine years ago. At that time, the Jordanian also did not pay and in 1860 he was forced to relegate to the Bavarian Regional League. “If the Lions have to be rebuilt from scratch, even from lower leagues, then there is no shame in that,” writes the investor.
“Great clubs are not measured by where they are today, but by whether they can get back up when they fall.” Sounds like Ismaik has no problem taking things to extremes. “Today is a nice celebration. I hope it won’t be a memorial service, that we’ll read next week that we’re going to the regional league,” said master lion Bernd Patzke, who is also aware of the seriousness of the situation.
President Mang: “Don’t belong in the fourth league”
In his speech about the 1966 champion team, which he joked had changed five times in the last few days, President Gernot Mangs couldn’t resist making some comments about the current situation. “We don’t belong permanently in the third league and we certainly don’t belong in the fourth league,” Mang said. The executive committee stands “for successful professional football. We want this club to get back to the top, step by step.”
They want to achieve this “with hard work, with clear structures, with an economically viable stadium and with economic reason”. Mang was not available for interviews. How seriously the club takes Ismaik’s recent lines was not answered.
Heiß hopes for Ismaik’s rescue “at the last moment”
Nobody wanted to waste a thought on the regional league that evening. “Please don’t. Then my saying that we’ll take the tram to the away games again at some point would come into effect,” said Alfred Heiß. At the same time, the lion legend wished the investor a worthy farewell. “He kept us in professional football for 14 years. I wish him all the best should he have the opportunity to retire respectfully.” At the same time, it is then important to find a new donor in order to be able to survive in paid football. Ismaik isn’t gone yet, said Heiß. “It’s often been the case that he did something at the last moment that saved the club.”
A hope that could come true in the next few days, or not come true and drive TSV 1860 Munich out of professional football.
Source: BR24Sport May 28, 2026 – 6:50 p.m
