Former star again persona non grata
Werder will probably ban Tim Wiese from the stadium
4/6/2023 5:54 p.m
Again fuss about Tim Wiese an der Weser: After the former Werder keeper was recently welcomed back in his ex-club, the SVW now wants to ban him from the stadium according to media reports. The reason may still be his proximity to the right-wing milieu.
Werder Bremen and Tim Wiese: What was a sporting success story for a long time developed into a never-ending saga of banishment and (temporary) return long after the end of the former German national goalkeeper’s career. During his footballing career, Tim Wiese was in goal, but after his career the ex-keeper drifted further and further to the right, as photos suggest.
Pictures showed the 41-year-old, who became a Bundesliga keeper at 1. FC Kaiserslautern and even a national goalkeeper and fan favorite at Werder Bremen, with people from the right-wing milieu a few times in the past. No wonder then that the green-whites clearly distanced themselves from Wiese at the end of 2022 and banned him from the traditional team, where he was active for years.
Most recently, however, the ex-Bremer asserted in an interview with “Bild” at the beginning of March that he “does not belong to a politically extreme camp” and never will. “Neither right nor left.” Wiese said: “I’m a big fan of multiculturalism and I live it every day in my circle of friends. Right-wing ideas or racist behavior are completely alien to me.” Werder then promised the 41-year-old a return.
Another incident with Wiese?
But now the turnaround. According to matching information from the TV station “Radio Bremen” and the club-affiliated “Deichstube”, the Bundesliga soccer club even wants to ban the ex-goalkeeper, who was active for Bremen between 2005 and 2012, from the stadium. The envisaged return to the tradition self is also ruled out, it is said – and finally. In March, Wiese had expressly wished to be able to play in the traditional team again.
Where the change of heart of the Werder bosses comes from, why exactly Wiese is no longer welcome in Bremen is open. According to information from the “Deichstube” there was an incident at Bremen’s home game on March 12 against Bayer Leverkusen. The 41-year-old should already defend himself legally against the allegations, it is said. When asked by “Radio Bremen”, Werder did not want to comment on the reasons.
For years, the green-whites have attached great importance to the credo “Clear edge against the right” and “Clear edge against racism”. Wiese himself had recently emphasized that he wanted to get involved in social projects. “I don’t have to think about it for long,” he said, emphasizing that the “values of the club as part of the traditional team are important to him”.