Dispute with investor – vortex at Wacker: Rotstift is getting closer and closer


Day X with the red pencil is getting closer and closer for black and green. Towards the end of the week, Wacker Innsbruck wants to nail it down and set the future march plan. The non-payments by the Hamburg investor Matthias Siems put the traditional club in a difficult position.

Currently, they are waiting for the transfer of 2.75 million euros – and at the end of June, double the salaries are due. Wacker can allegedly manage that, but then … A savings plan has already been drawn up, according to which lower fees would be waiting for everyone in the club. Distress sales are also conceivable.

No transfer in sight
Unless of course Siems still transfers. However, the hamburger denied that in a statement on Monday. Because the club did not provide the required documents and documents and excluded him from the club. “In this respect, the impression of a lack of transparency and a lack of willingness to provide information was confirmed.”

Acted in a damaging manner to the association
Wacker’s board of directors countered on Tuesday: A procedure to withdraw Siems’ core membership had been initiated, yes, because Siems had demonstrably acted in a way that was harmful to the association. The TARU Family Holding Trust GmBH, the company of the hamburger, remains silent partner of the FC Wacker – whereby the payment obligations remain upright. At least legally. Doubts about the investor’s creditworthiness are growing.

Georg Fraisl, Kronen Zeitung