Hannover 96: Martin Hansen examines legal action: “Not in order”

Keeper sees trend for lawsuits

Martin Hansen (32) feels unfairly treated by Hannover 96, thinks it’s a shame that his teammates don’t support him in his situation and is now even checking whether what the Lower Saxony are doing with him is even legal. Reason for the anger: The Reds are said to be pushing him out of the team. In an interview with the Danish magazine “Tipsbladet‘ the substitute keeper talked something off his chest.

“After being neutral for a long time, we’ve come to a point where I have to react to the situation the club has put me in,” Hansen said in the interview. “It’s not okay for a player to be treated the way they’re treating me,” said the keeper, who says he was banished to the club’s U23s and didn’t stand a chance under new coach Stefan Leitl from the start have.

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Hansen already had Leitl as a coach at FC Ingolstadt, or he had him there for “exactly 30 seconds”, “because he immediately said I wasn’t part of his plans and I had to accept that I wasn’t going to play. That’s why I moved to Heerenveen shortly after.” When Leitl was then presented in Hanover, Hansen suspected that the same thing would happen again with the coach in Hanover. Hansen said: “And I was told that two weeks before the end of last season.”

Hansen: Complaints from ex-employees Trend at 96 – “I’m certainly not the last”

For him, the announcement from his employer was also “okay”. “Message understood”. At the moment, however, he does not want to expect his family to move any further and wants to rest after the numerous stations in recent years. “But they’re trying to push me out,” Hansen said. “When I showed up for training after the summer vacation, my jersey number had been taken from me.”

As for his research into the legality of the demotion, Hansen commented that it was “severe that you can afford to throw people into the academy because there’s a clause in the contract that says they can do it for sporting reasons , provided they provide a trainer with an A license there. There is no such clause in the Bundesliga, but it is legal in the 2nd Bundesliga. And I don’t think it’s okay to treat people like that.”

Now he has hired a lawyer who also supports other former Hanoverians in their legal challenges against the club. “Unfortunately, there is a trend in Hanover that many former employees are suing,” Hansen said. “I’m just one in line, and I’m certainly not the last.”

Hansen: Demotion “blatantly unfair” – keeper disappointed by teammates

In his statements, it seems important to Hansen to emphasize that he would understand the club’s decision if it really had sporting reasons. The goalkeeper, who was used eleven times last season, cannot recognize them. According to his own opinion, he was good, “so it doesn’t fit that I should suddenly no longer have the level for the first team.” That’s “bullshit,” says Hansen.

“And what if I still had four years of contract?” asks the Danish veteran, who has only one year left at 96. “Then I could see my prime footballer age wasted in an academy for four years. I have to check if that’s correct. The club say they have consulted with the legal department and everything is going to book.”

But Hansen is also disappointed by his teammates. “I think it’s a shame that we, as teammates, don’t stand together anymore in a situation like this and fight against something so blatantly unfair,” he says. “I took on at least some fights for my teammates.”

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