“Was already critical of vaccination in Darmstadt times”

According to the former chairman of the board, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the ex-trainer of Werder Bremen Markus Anfang is a vaccine skeptic. After doubts about the authenticity of his vaccination certificate arose, he resigned on Saturday.

“I heard that at the beginning of the Darmstadt times I was critical of the subject of vaccination,” said Rummenigge at Sky90. At the beginning he moved from SV Darmstadt to Bremen in the summer. “If I were vaccinated, I would present the doctor. The chance that it is fake news is relatively small. It is illegal and therefore a big number.”

On Thursday it became known that there were investigations against the 47-year-old at the beginning because of a forged vaccination certificate. Beginning had initially rejected the allegations firmly and stated in an official association statement: “Just like every other double-vaccinated citizen, I received my two vaccinations in an official vaccination center and received the appropriate stickers in the yellow vaccination certificate. I then digitized it in the pharmacy permit.”

Meanwhile, however, there are serious doubts about the credibility of these statements. The corresponding entry on the Werder homepage disappeared since Saturday morning.

According to Frank Baumann, there have been “further developments and a different situation since Friday, the facts have changed a bit,” said the Werder managing director in an interview on club TV on Saturday: “The accusation that is in the room is really massive. “