FC Bayern Munich secures the services of greenkeeper Peter Sauer from VfL Wolfsburg

FC Bayern Munich has secured the services of greenkeeper Peter Sauer from VfL Wolfsburg. The 50-year-old will take up his post with the German record champions on May 1st.

Sauer has been responsible for pitch maintenance at VfL Wolfsburg since 2015. Since then, the Lower Saxony have been awarded the title “Pitch of the year” by the DFL several times.

Previously, he had taken care of the green spaces at TSG Hoffenheim. With the relocation to Munich, Sauer will work for his favorite club in the future.

Sauer gained international fame last year when he mowed a peace sign into the lawn of the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg during the course of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Afterwards there had been numerous imitators all over the world.

The idea for the sign of peace came to him on the sofa back then. Shortly before, he had learned that the symbol was to be placed on the corner flags.

“When I told my wife, she asked: Why don’t we do it in the middle circle? I thought that was a great idea, I presented it to our managing director Jörg Schmadtke, who immediately supported it and took action,” said Sauer in an interview with the table football