Michael Ott sharply criticized Bayern Munich’s President Herbert Hainer in the course of the Qatar debate. Both parties recently announced that they would hold clarifying talks.
“I had actually hoped that Herbert Hainer would somehow get a more objective tone,” said Ott in “Zeigler’s wonderful world of football” WDR: “In the end, it was actually more that the cold businessman appeared a bit without understanding the feelings of the fans.”
At the annual general meeting of the German record champions, Otts’ request to amend the statutes with a view to Qatar sponsorship was not allowed to vote. His requested contribution at the end of the event was also not heard.
The way in which the annual general meeting went “tore deep wounds. You have to see how you can get back together,” said Ott: “It cannot be that the debate has been hushed up. You have to publicly participate Dare to debate. Perhaps by refusing to accept the issue, the Bureau made the subject even bigger. It could have a long resonance. “
Numerous club members accuse FC Bayern’s bosses of not paying enough attention to the issue. During the event there had been whistles and boos. You have to “let it all sink in first,” said Ott.
Ott after YHV “stunned and shocked”
“After that, I was relatively stunned and shocked,” he said, adding: “I stood with members in front of the Audi Dome until two o’clock at night and discussed. We couldn’t explain how the event went and how the Presidium thought that you can get through the evening so successfully. “
After the eventful and much-discussed evening, Hainer Ott had surprised him with a phone call. Both stayed in such a way that they wanted to have a personal conversation with the sponsor Qatar Airways. “Gazprom could be a problematic sponsor, but at FC Bayern Qatar Airways is the most problematic because it is a wholly owned Qatari state company. The human rights violations are very unique there. In addition, there is corruption in sport, which is strange for a sports club, too to let such an actor in, “he added.
Hainer confirmed on Monday compared to the kickerthat there will be an exchange with the members. “We are analyzing very carefully how this course of the annual general meeting could come about,” he said: “We will learn from it, and it is certain that we will rethink and intensify communication with our members.”
The CEO Oliver Kahn had also reacted. “Apparently some of the emotions that will be important to me in the future have not arrived. It has once again shown how important the exchange between FC Bayern and our members is,” wrote Kahn on Twitter. “I’m very aware of that. Since I’ve been back at our club, we’ve already started a lot here.”
