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Thursday briefing: DFL abandons Bundesliga investment plans and calls for return to ‘orderly match operations’

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22 February 2024 - 4:30 AM

The German Football League (DFL) has announced that controversial plans to sell a stake in the Bundesliga’s media rights business to a private equity firm have been abandoned, marking the second time in nine months such a proposal has been dropped.

The DFL’s decision, made at an Executive Committee meeting in Frankfurt yesterday, follows widespread fan protests and calls for a new vote over the latest plans, which were narrowly approved by clubs in December.

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