What follows from the failure for German football

A certain emptiness remains after the big bang on Wednesday, when the planned project of the German Football League (DFL) with a partner from the private equity industry was finally buried after more than two years. Now a “small creative break” is needed, says an official who put a lot of work into the project.

The disappointment is palpable after the league association’s executive committee came to the conclusion on Wednesday afternoon that the situation with fan protests, doubts about the legitimacy of the vote and growing reservations within the clubs could no longer be tolerated. The process of concluding a marketing partnership is over, and the economic future of the Bundesliga is more uncertain than it has been for a long time.