The entry of an investor into the DFL has failed due to massive resistance from its own ranks. At the meeting of the 36 professional clubs in Frankfurt am Main, the necessary two-thirds majority was missed.
The skeptics around the club management of 1st FC Cologne and FC St. Pauli have prevailed. The critics, which also include numerous fan groups, had denounced the possible influence of a financier and the further cementing of the sporting balance of power. The failed plan looked like this: An investor should have acquired 12.5 percent of the shares of a DFL subsidiary.