“Consequences of VfB Stuttgart’s Possible Bundesliga Relegation: Head of Sports Speaks Out”

Bundesliga
“Would be broadside”: head of sports on the consequences of a VfB relegation

According to VfB Stuttgart’s sports director Fabian Wohlgemuth, a possible relegation from the Bundesliga would have far-reaching consequences for the traditional Swabian club.

“That would be a broadside, no accounting is needed for that,” said Wohlgemuth of the German Press Agency before the first leg in the relegation against Hamburger SV on Thursday (8.45 p.m. / Sat.1 and Sky). “And yet we would tighten up, face reality and start again.”

After 2019, the Swabians will contest as table 16. for the second time a relegation against the third of the 2. Bundesliga. As early as December, CEO Alexander Wehrle calculated that a relegation would reduce sales by around 40 million euros. “The situation is serious,” Wehrle said at the time.

According to Wohlgemuth, these figures are still approximately up-to-date, and his work is being made increasingly difficult by the still uncertain league affiliation. “The relegation is our Bundesliga lifeboat. It’s a chance to correct what we didn’t want to succeed in 34 games. But we won’t complain about a week and a half planning delay and undetermined numbers,” he said .

dpa