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Black Wings President Peter Freunschlag, who has come under severe criticism for a few weeks, is currently not available for comment to the “Oberösterreichische Nachrichten”. That’s ok
Today, the 50-year-old businessman has spoken in other media (Tips and LT1) for a complete verbal take. Interior operator Linz AG, who, due to lack of confidence, will not extend the lease with the “Black Wings” that expires on April 30, former manager Christian Perthaler, the opposition of the newly founded “Hockey Club on ice Linz “and also the media (after reviewing the general news situation). they may feel primarily turned ON) they remove the fat.
Freunschlag conducts a confrontational course with Erich Haider, the CEO of Linz AG. In his opinion, the request to clear the room, which would later result in the loss of the license for the highest division of ice hockey (currently EBEL), is not sustainable. “It was very, very bad because it was an injustice. We did not get into debt. There are contracts that Linz AG must fulfill, we will also enforce it,” Freunschlag said in an interview with the “Councils.”
What will be your next steps? “The priority is to secure the ice rink. We will have to enforce our law. ” According to him, contracts that have existed for 14 years cannot simply be terminated. There is an important reason for Freunschlag. However, there is no such in the letter from Linz AG. “We will fight against that,” said the real estate entrepreneur.
“Now they have invented that”
Also on television on “LT1,” the president of Black Wings, who at a March 16 board meeting (on Perthaler’s competencies) in his dual role as president and treasurer, sits with his three (former) vice presidents. Karl Egger, Peter Zauner and Peter Matausch had canceled.
According to LT1 Freunschlag, Linz AG has pointed out several times since last November that the extension of the contract will only be allowed to the association, not to the GmbH (owned by the Freunschlag family). “I don’t know if I rejected something at Linz AG. There was never a problem. I don’t know anything about November that there was something. Now they’ve made it up. So maybe they have a reason. Because there was never a reason. We’ve always done everything, done all “.
“Nobody said anything”
The powerful countermovement with many powerful and ancient “Black Wings” backers, as well as the Trio Egger, Zauner, Matausch is naturally a thorn in the side of Freunschlag. He was completely surprised by the news that the club was being founded, that it had submitted an application for admission to the ice hockey league on time.
No information was provided to him in advance, not even from the sponsors: “No one said anything, LIWEST and Linz AG previously asked for the democratization of the association and financial disclosure, I promised them,” Freunschlag reported in the “councils.”
In principle, Freunschlag expresses its willingness to hold talks with the opposition (“Linz Ice Hockey Club”). “I think there is an opportunity to find a solution. But first there are fights. Such an unfair room termination cannot be in this world, “Freunschlag emphasized in” LT1. “
He is skeptical about the new “Linz Ice Hockey Club”. He makes it very clear: “I am sure that it is the wrong people who run a club. I always said: if the right person comes, who works with heart and soul, he can have it voluntarily. “
The “EV Linz” should obviously not fall into this category. Freunschlag’s former colleagues on the Black Wings board, Egger, Zauner and Matausch do not point to any leadership position in the new club.
Egger, the EV Linz spokesperson, confirms the donation word that the “wrong people” are at work, with a smile and a stoically calm response: “This is an unfair observation, but I don’t comment further on it.” We do not accept such skirmishes, but we continue on our democratic path. And of course we want this club to be called Black Wings. But not at any price “.
If it were, as Freunschlag says in relation to the “councils,” that there would be a “battle tax,” then the personal investments made in recent years would also have to be offset: “It stands to reason that you don’t go and give away three million.” I spent my work time for 14 years and it was fun for me and I will never ask for anything. But the funds that you put in yourself, you want to get back. ” Still willing to talk about the repayment method, for example, when it comes to paying in installments.
For Egger, this sum of three million euros “is not understandable”.
The “Councils” asked if Freunschlag could imagine sitting down again with the opposition. “I can still imagine that if the distance is big enough and I have a witness with me,” says Freunschlag suspiciously.
The procedure in the past would have left enormous damage, also financial: “People cannot be trusted there.” Instead of a witness, the businessman could also imagine recording the conversation, but security is important to him.
The president of Black Wings does not have a good hair with his former long-term manager. The two are currently in a legal dispute. Perthaler, who works for a short time, had notified Freunschlag on July 31, and Wahl-Wilheringer, who had been with the “Black Wings” since 2001, sued.
What does Freunschlag Perthaler accuse of “LT1”? “It is a long story, going back three years. At the time, we had a massive increase in the player budget due to a promise from our main sponsors, unfortunately there was the effect that the performance or the result has become much, much worse. Then he searched, impossible for something like this to happen and so on. Then he searched for where the error was. Sometimes the coach was to blame or bad luck for the injuries. And Mr. Perthaler always had a chance. Yes, that’s just bad luck. We will do better next year. And then he had the same thing again the following year, and the same again in the third year. In the third year, even at the beginning of the season, we said how we do it now. Because two bad years with such a high budget I can’t do it myself. And Mr. Perthaler himself said: If this doesn’t work for the same money this year, I’ll go myself because that’s embarrassing for me. “
When the “Councils” were asked what he wanted Perthaler to do, Freunschlag said: “Just because I get a job in Innsbruck it will.”
Freunschlag complained to the “Councils” about the attacks on his family (the author of these lines feels led): “These are events where I wonder why I am doing all this.” Everything is voluntary, my heart is attached to the club and I don’t want it to perish, ”said Freunschlag, who feared exactly that when the new club took over.
“You attract my wife because she is a member of Black Wings Marketing GmbH,” Freunschlag is quoted in the “Tips.” A circumstance that only existed because this was requested by the tax office.
And there is one more thing that bothers Freunschlag: finances that are discussed in many places. “Now it is said that the financial structure should be examined because there are supposedly errors, there are not,” he emphasizes.
Both former vice presidents and the main sponsor had an opportunity to inspect. “It is represented as if we have something to hide there,” Freunschlag tells the “Councils.”
This also feels unfairly treated by certain media reports and presented as a weight: “It seems as if we are cheating or withdrawing money. That is not true “.
Articles of
Alexander Zambarloukos
Sports editor
