Minus from the previous year
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The German Football League (DFL) lacks around 30 million euros for the distribution to the 36 professional associations from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. This was learned by the German Press Agency from league circles. At request, the DFL did not want to comment on the minus from the previous year and pointed out that it did not comment on contract content.
Last year it became known that 80 million euros less could be paid to the clubs in summer than planned. “The June 2024 rate of disposal will be reduced from originally EUR 127 million to EUR 47 million,” said a DFL letter to the 36 clubs that the dpa has. It also said: “The reason for this is that revenues of 80 million euros can only be accommodated at a later date this year, since payments from partners could not be made to the contractual due date. At the instigation of the partners concerned, agreements had to be made about later payments. ”
One of the companies was, as the streaming service confirmed at the time with reference to an agreement with the DFL. As agreed, the missing sum of around 50 million euros is said to have been paid at a later date. It is not known which company of the DFL and thus the clubs will continue to owe around 30 million.