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DFB: Women’s initiative renounces presidential candidate

IIn the power struggle for the top post at the German Football Association (DFB), the “Football Can Do More” initiative does without a candidate of its own. “In any case, in this situation we cannot advise anyone with a job and reputation to run. There has to be an opportunity to win, ”said initiator Katja Kraus in an interview with“ Die Zeit ”.

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You have the impression that “almost 100 percent of those interested in football want a renewal of the DFB, 17 association presidents, all of them men, but decide that everything should go on as before,” said Kraus: “It’s not a real choice there the regional associations unite more than 60 percent of the votes. “The result was” long ago agreed, “criticized national goalkeeper Almuth Schult.

The first candidate for the DFB chief position in the election of Fritz Keller’s successor at the Bundestag on March 11, 2022 is Bernd Neuendorf, the current co-interim president Peter Peters is entering the race as an outsider. The nomination period runs until February 10, 2022.

Broader foundation for the initiative

The group is “far from giving up. We will observe the development and are always ready to put together a great team, “said Schult:” In this situation, however, we don’t want to burn anyone. “The process is” non-transparent. And who votes anyway? The electors are mostly emissaries who are told how to vote ”.

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