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Monday briefing: DFL joint CEOs defend secret vote over Bundesliga investment plans

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4 March 2024 - 5:30 AM

The German Football League (DFL) joint CEOs, Steffen Merkel and Marc Lenz, have defended the way voting was carried out among clubs over the proposed private equity investment in the Bundesliga’s media rights business after the controversial plans were dropped last month.

Asked in an interview with Kicker “would you like to know how [Hannover 96 managing director] Martin Kind really voted in December?”, Lenz replied: “No – and not by any of the 36 clubs, because there was consensus

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