Monday, October 18, 2021
The sports day
BVB boss as a successor? DFL supervisory board chairman Peters wants to become DFB president
Peter Peters resigns as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the German Football League (DFL) and strives for one Candidate as DFB President at. He’s a candidate “when I get the league’s support for that and me proposed by a national association of the amateurs “said the 59-year-old, who currently leads the German Football Association (DFB) on an interim basis with Rainer Koch, the” FAZ “.
“My life plan is: I will quit the DFL regardless of whether I am proposed as DFB President. I announced that to our DFL delegates at the DFB on Friday, “said Peters. He proposed Borussia Dortmund’s managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke as his successor. The 62-year-old has been in conversation for a long time, around a month ago he did not rule out an application for the post. “I do not comment on speculation,” said Watzke. According to “Bild”, Peters’ successor to the DFL will be chosen on December 14th at the meeting of the 36 professional clubs.