‘First on April 4, then on May 2 and now on May 9’

There is training again at various clubs in the Bundesliga, although this is invariably in small groups due to precautions regarding the crown crisis. Peter Bosz is also regularly at training camp with Bayer Leverkusen. The head coach of that Werkself I don’t know when the competition will resume and the lack of clarity causes irritation in Bosz.

“We have no idea when we will play football here again,” says Bosz in a video from his former employer RKC Waalwijk, where he was active as a player between 1985 and 1988. “I have a feeling that we are being tied up, that people He wants to buy time. It was first April 4, then May 2, and now May 9. So he always pushes back. So we really know no. ”

Therefore, Bosz is currently focused on Leverkusen training courses. “I’m making the groups bigger and bigger,” emphasizes the number five coach in the Bundesliga. “Today I even trained with two groups of nine. So everything will become a bit freer. But we really have no idea when it will start again.” In the German media, stories are circulating that it will be played without an audience until September 1 anyway, to Bosz’s disappointment. “We started playing professional football for the fans. But I also understand very well, things must also be kept running.”

The Leverkusen coach knows that the crown crisis seems to be causing financial problems for league partners Werder Bremen and Schalke 04. “I have heard that two Bundesliga clubs are falling. As big as those clubs seem, they seem to be can no longer pay more. ” Bosz hopes that television money in Germany can save. “I understand that there are still 750 million euros on the shelf, which will have to be paid in the coming months. But that will only be paid if soccer is also played.” BILD reports that the television channel Sky Deutschland he is willing to pay 225 million in the near future. However, the whole situation causes annoyance in Bosz. “I don’t like it, but I understand that eventually we will have to play football again, even if we don’t have an audience.”

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