Hans-Joachim Watzke has announced talks about his own future at Borussia Dortmund at the beginning of 2024.
The 64-year-old said at the general meeting of shareholders in Dortmund’s Westfalenhalle that he would meet with BVB President Reinhold Lunow in January. The contracts of Watzke as managing director of Borussia Dortmund GmbH and Co. KGaA and his colleagues Thomas Treß (finance) and Carsten Cramer (marketing) expire in 2025.
Watzke has been BVB managing director since 2005 and as such experienced the championship years of 2011 and 2012 with Jürgen Klopp. He has also been Vice President of the DFB since 2021.