Thursday, January 07, 2021
Posse about presidential power struggle
VfB fans attack Thomas Hitzlsperger
After Thomas Hitzlsperger's candidacy for the presidency at VfB Stuttgart, the fans rage. You throw an "improper attack" on the CEO. The trust of the fans is now there, they absolutely want to avoid new mud battles so that peace can finally return.
The organized fans of Bundesliga soccer team VfB Stuttgart have sided with President Claus Vogt in the power struggle at the top of the club and attacked CEO Thomas Hitzlsperger. In an open letter "on the current situation", the representatives of the fan committee accused Hitzlsperger of his "improper attack" on Vogt.
Hitzlsperger's request to usurp the office of president is an attempt to "abolish the separation of powers and replace it with a new and absurd double function". The former national player breaks "with promises, expectations and decisions".
In addition, Hitzlsperger is "a courageous fighter for the entire board, parts of the supervisory board, the e.V. presidium and the association advisory board of the e.V.", complained the fans, who disapprove of the fact that the above-mentioned bodies are silent. "The trust of many fans and members has been completely lost anyway," it says.
Due to the tense situation, the appendix spoke out in favor of postponing the general meeting planned for March. Behind the declaration stands "our express wish that VfB Stuttgart urgently have to come into calmer waters". This is not possible "with quick structural changes, mud battles, unexplained accusations and unresolved affairs".
At the end of December, Hitzlsperger threw his hat into the ring for the election on March 18, 2021. Vogt and he went into open attacks in their long behind the scenes duel on the last day of the year. Vogt, who has been in office since December 2019, is causing a "deep crack" in the five-time German champions, said Hitzlsperger, and jeopardizing the "existence of the whole club" with his profile addiction. His dire prognosis: "We are on the way to destroy what we have achieved in the last twelve months.
"Vogt accused his adversary in an open letter of telling the untruth. Hitzlsperger brought" the trust that all members have had in VfB again for a year to collapse ".
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