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Oliver Kahn from FC Bayern Munich: Do not exclude Qatar

Dhe controversial general meeting of FC Bayern Munich and the dispute over relations with the next World Cup host Qatar are still preoccupying CEO Oliver Kahn. “The more time has passed since then, the more it bothers me that the evening has turned into a meeting with a single item on the agenda,” said Kahn in an interview with the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” (weekend edition).

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The congregation had argued a month ago and ended up with chaos. A membership application to vote on the partnership with Qatar Airways for the future was not accepted by the club’s management. With a view to the German record championship’s contract with Qatar Airways, which runs until 2023, Kahn emphasized: “We will fulfill it and in the meantime observe exactly how things develop. And then we will decide how to proceed. “

Kahn admitted that he should perhaps have addressed the topic in his speech and not in the discussion afterwards: “In retrospect, it would certainly have been better to let the event continue, we agree. Nobody can be satisfied with the way this meeting went. “

In the next World Cup host country, Qatar, many things are certainly not what people imagine “according to our standards, but I am convinced that it cannot be a solution either to exclude or not to conduct a dialogue,” emphasized Kahn. The 52-year-old said that economic interests are always at stake, of course, but also asked whether a boycott of the World Cup in Qatar in a year’s time would improve things there.

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