Niemeyer immediately informed the committees and, together with them, sought an exchange with Bouchama: “Yassine was able to explain to us in an absolutely credible and comprehensible manner that there is no political conviction behind his likes,” says Münster’s sports boss and further, “he is a very political person interested young man who intensively deals with current social issues during his studies. ‘Liking’ a Facebook Page does not automatically mean approval of its content. But it also makes it possible to follow it in order to critically deal with the views expressed there.”
In any case, Bouchama reacted immediately after the discussion and immediately deleted all markings. Niemeyer is convinced: “The boy was born in Germany and is proud of his Moroccan roots and his Muslim faith. We are very happy that Yassine is now part of the Prussian family and shares our values of tolerance and cosmopolitanism on and off the pitch.”
It remains to be hoped that Bouchama will only make headlines from a sporting point of view in the future. Best of course positive…