“Rolling tanks in Ukraine and at the same time a commitment to a Russian state company, that doesn’t go together”, said the 60-year-old Neuendorf on Thursday (03/03/2022) of the sports show. The activities for Russian companies are due to Russia’s illegal attack on the Ukrainians “incompatible with the statutes of the DFB“, according to Neuendorf. He would be happy if Schröder did the same “would see it that way and take the consequences”.
Neuendorf will stand for election as president at the Bundestag of the German Football Association on March 11 and is considered the favourite.
At the beginning of the millennium, Bernd Neuendorf was spokesman for the board of directors SPD. At that time, Schröder was not only Chancellor, but also Chairman of the Social Democrats. However, Neuendorf has not had any contact with his former boss in the past few days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
request of the interim president
The DFB had for its interim presidents Rainer Koch and Hans-Joachim Watzke announced on Tuesdaythat Schröder’s amalgamations with Russia are not with the “Basic values enshrined in the statute” be compatible.
Borussia Dortmund withdrew Schröder’s honorary membership on Tuesday. The DFB gives him a deadline until the Bundestag.