Eintracht Frankfurt CEO Sounds Alarm After Failed Investor Deals

July 4, 2024, 10:00 AM UTC

Germany’s professional football league is facing a serious fallout from a potentially delayed or failed sale of broadcasting rights, according to a senior league executive.

“Should we not be able to enforce our prices, should there be a decline in broadcasting proceeds, German clubs will have difficulties maintaining their status,” Axel Hellmann, chief executive at Eintracht Frankfurt and member of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH’s powerful executive committee told journalists late Wednesday.

Axel Hellmann
Photographer: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images

German Bundesliga clubs receive 95% of the proceeds from broadcast deals in several tranches of upfront payments, making it a large part of their income stream. ...

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