High penalty for Embolo after violating corona requirements

Even if Breel Embolo denies having participated in an illegal party, Borussia Mönchengladbach is now drawing conclusions from the incident. The striker has to pay a heavy fine for violating Corona requirements.

Borussia Mönchengladbach’s striker Breel Embolo has to pay a heavy fine within the club for his nightly violation of Corona requirements. The Bundesliga club announced on Tuesday. Most recently, there was speculation in the media about a fine of around 200,000 euros for Embolo.

“With his careless and wrong behavior on the night after the Bundesliga game in Stuttgart, Breel violated the rules that apply to everyone in our country and compliance with which is a prerequisite for us as a Bundesliga club to play,” said sports director Max Eberl. “We have therefore decided that he will have to pay a fine that will hit him hard.”

The 23-year-old has accepted the sentence according to the notification. According to the Essen police, the Swiss international took part in an illegal party with 23 guests in a restaurant on Lake Baldeney. One person had fled over the roof to a nearby apartment when the officers arrived. In this one Embolo was found alone. The police recorded the personal details of 23 people, including Embolo’s.

The striker assures that he was not a party guest. He visited a friend to watch basketball together. “We believe that he wasn’t part of a party,” coach Marco Rose said. Participants in the illegal party face a fine of up to 250 euros.