Karl-Heinz Rummenigge: Bayern-Boss criticized Terminhatz by Uefa Plan

FC Bayern Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge looks with concern on the tight schedule in August and September. "I think it is actually not a good thing what is as just discussed and, hopefully, not yet the final has been decided," said the 64-Year-old on Thursday in the ZDF-"morning magazine" with a view to the setting of country-play at the beginning of September.

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On Wednesday, the Union of European football also the Champions League final tournament in Lisbon for the period from 12 had. test to 23. August terminated. In the Europe a League of 10. 21. August in Germany. "If a team, whether it's Leipzig, Bayern or Leverkusen, comes far in the competition, you have to guarantee that the players will have then at least two weeks of vacation," said Rummenigge.

The Bavarians have yet to complete their eighth-final second leg against Chelsea (first leg: 3:0), RB Leipzig is already in the quarter-finals. Leverkusen, VfL Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League. Based on the European Cup he was happy, "Uefa to play the Champions League to an end," said Rummenigge, "because I'm a fierce opponent of the decisions at the green table."

The national team plays in the Nations Cup at the 3. September, against Spain, and three days later in Switzerland. According to Rummenigge, the League also plans that "the new season will start in mid-September." A possible date is Friday, 11. September. After a week-long football-hiatus, the Fans and clubs expect in the months up to Christmas is a true Terminhatz. The on Wednesday adopted the calendar of the European football Union according to take up for the new year only a few week that are not "English". Especially in Germany the new season of the leagues and the DFB are not Cup scheduled yet.

The Uefa recommends that meanwhile, the extension of the Transfer period this summer, up to 5. October. A request was submitted to the national associations, the UEFA on Thursday after a meeting of the Executive Committee. To 6. October need to register the clubs in the Champions League and the Europa League, their players for the season 2021/22. Even the world body Fifa had recently issued various recommendations and guidelines with respect to Transfers and contracts in the Coronavirus crisis. In the German men's football so far, two of the so-called registration periods for Transfers were planned: 1. July to 31. August 2020, as well as from the 2. January to 1. February 2021.