Claus Vogt was voted out as chairman of the supervisory board of VfB Stuttgart on Tuesday – now he is going on the offensive. David Inderlied/Getty Images / PhotographyLink/picture alliance / Press photo Baumann | Hansjürgen Britsch/Graphics: Dominik Schmitt/BI
At VfB Stuttgart, President Claus Vogt had to vacate the top position on the supervisory board of the professional department last Tuesday.
Now Vogt is defending himself with a public statement. According to information from Business Insider, his colleagues on the executive committee did not sign the statement.
At the same time, an internal paper reveals new details about Porsche’s influence on the removal of the VfB president from power.
The power struggle at VfB Stuttgart seemed decided. Claus Vogt lost his position as chairman of the Bundesliga club’s supervisory board last Tuesday. The controversial official didn’t even have a say in the press release about his deselection. But now Vogt is hitting back with a public statement – which can be understood as a declaration of war on Porsche.
The sports car manufacturer only became an investor in the third-place team in the Bundesliga in January, and the prospect is probably around 100 million euros. Porsche then pushed for a change in leadership on the supervisory board of the stock corporation into which VfB Stuttgart has spun off its professional department. Until now, Vogt, as president of the parent club, also led the VfB-AG control committee. Without him nothing worked in Stuttgart.
Now an internal paper reveals an explosive detail about Porsche’s influence on his disempowerment.