Published 2 months ago

German Bundesliga drops foreign investor search after fan protests

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German Football League stops process of finding foreign investor for a stake in its broadcasting arm. Move triggered months-long wave of protests from fans opposing the move. Decision is a major blow for the DFL which had been looking to boost revenues. Leagues across Europe are increasingly eyeing external funding via broadcasting arrangements.

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The Guardian

German football league drops plan to sell Bundesliga stake after fan protests

Fans had gone to extreme lengths to draw attention to issue‘Continuation of the process no longer seems possible’The German football league, which runs the Bundesliga, has abandoned plans to sell a stake in its media rights income to an outside investor after months of increasingly disruptive protests by fans. The league, known as the DFL, said its board had decided not to proceed with the deal.The private equity investor CVC Capital Partners wa…

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Bundesliga investor deal over media revenues collapses after fan protests

Fans had littered pitches with tennis balls and chocolate coins, attached bike locks to the goals and released toy cars onto the field to signal their opposition to the deal.

2 months ago·India

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Soccer-German Bundesliga drops foreign investor search after fan protests

BERLIN (Reuters) -The German Football League (DFL), in charge of the country's top two divisions, on Wednesday stopped a process of finding a foreign investor for a stake in its broadcasting arm amid growing fan protests. Read full story

2 months ago·Malaysia

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Channel News Asia

German Bundesliga drops foreign investor search after fan protests

BERLIN :The German Football League (DFL), in charge of the country's top two divisions, on Wednesday stopped a process of finding a foreign investor for a stake in its broadcasting arm amid growing fan protests.In December, Germany's first and second tier soccer clubs voted in favour of letting a financial in

2 months ago·Singapore

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The Straits Times

German Bundesliga drops foreign investor search after fan protests

BERLIN - The German Football League (DFL), in charge of the country's top two divisions, on Wednesday stopped a process of finding a foreign investor for a stake in its broadcasting arm amid growing fan protests. Read more at straitstimes.com.

2 months ago·Singapore

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Sueddeutsche Zeitung

DFL announces: Investor deal in the Bundesliga is broken

Hans-Joachim Watzke, spokesperson for the DFL Executive Committee, announced this on Wednesday. A successful continuation of the process was no longer possible. Fans had protested massively against the start.

2 months ago·Munich, Germany

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