The Bundesliga clubs face high losses due to the league shutdown. Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder now sees the players in duty. He believes that if their stars cut their salaries, the clubs could weather the crisis.
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) has called on football stars to forego millions to help their clubs in the Coronavirus crisis. Because he currently does not see this as a central task of politics.
"Honestly: It is not the most important and urgent task now to ensure that the professional clubs can survive economically," said Söder.
Instead, Söder said he thought it would be okay if many of the players who "got big salaries" were a little more reluctant to their employers.
Millions would be earned here every year. And to ride out the storm now, solidarity is needed not only from the clubs, but also from the players - after all, they live from the clubs.
"So maybe the idea would be that everyone makes their contribution so that their club, league and sport can take place again, if the crisis has been overcome as we hope."
The Bundesliga will stop playing until at least April 2 due to the coronavirus crisis. But what if the season is completely canceled?
Christian Seifert, Managing Director of the German Football League (DFL), commented on this question in detail at the press conference on the meeting of the 36 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 clubs.
The answer sounds dramatic. Seifert said: "It is no longer a question of who is best. Rather, it is about survival of the clubs in the Bundesliga and the 2nd division."