Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen and Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke have warned against the growing influence of so-called multi-club ownerships. "German soccer has to be very vigilant about this, we have a more watchful eye on this than is the case in many other countries," Watzke said after the European Club Association (ECA) general assembly in Berlin on Thursday. For Dreesen, consortiums that own several clubs in different countries could develop into a danger.
"Certainly you have to look at when players move back and forth between clubs that belong to one owner, that will be interesting how to counter that," the Munich CEO said. One has a "clear stance" against multi-club ownership.
The stance of Bayern and BVB is piquant in that Bundesliga rival RB Leipzig, under the umbrella of the Red Bull Group, has also already been controlled by UEFA in competition matters in the past. With Red Bull Salzburg it came also already on European level to a direct duel of two teams from the portfolio of the beverage company - in the end with permission of the continental association.
