Former DFB President with Knallharter Koch

Three former DFB bosses have been active in the upcoming choice of the new president. They demand that for stripping pullers Rainer Koch.

The old fronters want to influence the new election. The three former DFB Bosse Fritz Keller, Reinhard Grindel and Theo Zwanziger call for a shortly before the decision on the new President of the Rainer Koch. With this they do indirect election campaign for Peter Peters, who starts on Friday at the Bundestag in Bonn against Bernd Neuendorf.

"From our many years of experience, we appeal to the delegates of the DFB Bundestag: Finish the system cook and ensure a real new beginning in the DFB," Keller, Grindel and Twenties divided into a joint explanation of the "SID" with: "Prerequisite This is that all delegates can decide in secret elections and without pressure on the future of DFB. "

The 63-year-old chef currently carries out the German Football Association (DFB) together with its co-boss Hans-Joachim Watzke as Interim President. He is also 1st DFB vice president, President of the South German Football Association and is sitting in the Executive Committee of the European Football Union (UEFA).

Chef are accused of his critics numerous misspells and entanglements in dubious machinations. While presidential candidate Neuendorf still sees the long-standing official in the DFB Presidium and in the UEFA Exko, Peters castled a collaboration with chef.

Whether the entries of the three ex-bosses actually affect the choice seems open. Neuendorf still applies to the favorite because as a candidate of the national associations, the majority of delegates should be sure.

Koch a "gap mushroom"

Keller criticized his Intimfeind Koch as expected the most violent and described him as a "gap mushroom", the "from the intrigue" live: "His system is that of false false enemies, the pressure exert." It's going to be "exclusively around yourself". Who still chooses Koch, "in my opinion, at all values ​​of football".

For example, the cellar and Grindel had to resign from their office as DFB president by their office. On that Koch also pointed out in his reaction. "The statements - especially from Reinhard Grindel and Fritz Keller - are absurd. It is a flat-rate, defamatory statements without any facts and any substance," Koch left the "SID": "Fact is rather that only personal misconducts for both Rear companions have led. "

For basement was concluded in May of the past year because he had denied chef with a scandalous Nazi comparison. With regard to cellar predecessor Grindel, the allegations of which Koch was involved in his fall.

The three ex-bosses demand "a change in the association culture". Accordingly, "power games, intrigues and indiscretions of the past" have to belong: "The DFB is in front of a decisive course. At the Bundestag in Bonn, the right factual and above all personnel decisions must be made to focus on football again."