Marc Lenz and Steffen Merkel will continue to form the double leadership of German football league. The supervisory board of the umbrella organization of German professional football has agreed with the two managing directors to extend the contract by the end of 2029. The duo has been in office since summer 2023. Lenz, 39, and Merkel, 39, are “with her expertise, her many years of experience in football, her high identification with the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga as well as her union approach to lead the DFL into a successful future,” explained supervisory head Hans-Joachim Watzke, explained the unanimous decision of the committee. excellent. “The strong national media rights degree dominates the perception, but they have also already recorded considerable success-and still have a lot. Both work with the committees and the clubs,” praised Watzke.
When awarding national media rights for the 2025/26 to 2028/29 seasons, the DFL had an increase of around two percent compared to the previous four-year cycle with a total of 4.484 billion euros. In the period in question, the 36 professional associations can expect income of 1.121 billion euros per season. “From this position of the strength, structural and course of the course must be made together with the clubs: sporty, sports policy – and especially in marketing with a view to our business model, the change in media markets and the global growth ambitions,” announced Merkel.
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