Bremen – The economic situation for the 36 Bundesliga clubs is threatening in the Corona crisis – including SV Werder Bremen. As the only solution, Christian Seifert, managing director of the German Football League (DFL), gave permission for ghost games on Monday after the general meeting.
So at least the income from the area of TV rights and sponsorship could be saved, it said. But unlike many industries, professional football has an alternative to mitigate the financial consequences of the crisis: the Waiver of salary the partly highly paid players. At the SV Werder Bremen is not an issue yet – at least officially. Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder on the other hand, has found clear words and immediately received a violent counterattack from Horst Heldt, the sports director of 1. FC Köln.
To the question of DeichStubewhether he’s the professionals on one Waiver of salary address and maybe even ask for it, replied Werder sports director Frank Baumann: “It depends on how the next few weeks develop. I don’t want to anticipate that now. ”But of course Baumann will, at least with his managing director colleagues Klaus Filbry and Hubertus Hess-Grunewald have spoken. After all, the savings potential in this area is greater than in any other.
Werder Bremen: Personnel costs in the 2018/19 season were 56 million euros
They were in the 2018/19 season Personnel costs according to the club 56.1 million euros. At least 80 percent of this should have flowed into the accounts of the players and the coaching team. Max Kruse was the top earner in the said season with an estimated annual salary of 3.5 million euros.
A player like Davy Klaassen is likely to move in similar spheres at the moment, including the contract from Maximilian Eggestein is now very well endowed. This also applies to experienced players like Nuri Sahin, Ömer Toprak, Leonardo Bittencourt and Kevin Vogt, some of whom are only on loan and may be paid for by their ex-clubs.
At FC Bayern Munich, every professional earns at least five million euros
It gets really interesting when you look at the top clubs of the Bundesliga – first of all FC Bayern Munich: Top earners Robert Lewandowski should get almost 20 million euros per season. Except for the young players in the squad, every Bayern professional gets at least five million euros. FC Bayern München AG described its personnel costs as the largest item at the end of last year at EUR 336.2 million.
Much of the Annual salary has of course already been paid out. But the months of April, May and June are still pending – just like the contractually agreed annual benefits. However, if the season was aborted, they could no longer apply because the goals set were not achieved. Only Lewandowski could be lucky if he agreed a goal quota. His 25 goals already scored should be easy for one Special bonus pass. But is it really necessary? This question also arises extremely in comparison to the rest of the population high salaries. Even in the second division of the Bundesliga, it is not badly earned that a professional could not do without a certain share without immediately getting into financial difficulties as a result. Especially since there is a prospect that things will look very different in the coming season.
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Werder Bremen: Do the professionals and trainers forego their salaries in the corona crisis?
The bill at Werder Bremen results in a Saving potential of at least twelve million euros, professionals and trainers should now focus entirely on their Waive salaries and thereby settle for two thirds of their annual income. That would certainly not solve all financial problems, but some. It remains to be seen whether this is enforceable. If clubs actually slip into bankruptcy, that is anyway a thing with continued wages. Therefore, the professionals themselves should be interested in their club surviving. Especially since not all players will find a new employer immediately – not even free transfer. After all, football is struggling worldwide with the financial consequences of the corona crisis.
The problem: would all professionals really join in and voluntarily do without? There is the association of contract footballers, a kind of players’ union. But not all professionals are organized there. An agreement becomes difficult. Ultimately, every single player is in demand – and of course it is the clubs that have to push this topic forward or not. The SV Werder Bremen Klaassen and Co. will have to address them soon, because no one knows if it is Ghost games and whether they actually secure the season and the necessary income.
Coronavirus crisis: politician Markus Söder calls for salary waiver from Bundesliga professionals – Horst Heldt counters
Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder has clear expectations. “I think it would be okay if players who get very big salaries go to Maintenance of game operations towards their employer, their clubs, would be a bit more reserved with the money. ”With“ so many millions that are earned every year ”,“ solidarity is required, not only from the clubs, but also from the players. ”
The counterattack from the Bundesliga however, was not long in coming. “I think it would make perfect sense to hold back on populist shit,” complained Cologne’s sports director horst Hero: “My expectation is that politics leads and gives people a plan and does not move into sections with suggestions just to be populist. I know that Football professionals to have a social conscience. I find it outrageous and presumptuous to question this publicly. ”(Kni)
