Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke has defended the club’s controversial sponsorship deal with Germany’s biggest arms manufacturer despite strong criticism from fans.
FILE - A banner against Borussia Dortmund’s sponsorship deal with German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall is displayed during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt at the Signal Iduna Park stadium, in Dortmund, Germany , on Aug. 24, 2024. DORTMUND, Germany — Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke has defended the Bundesliga club’s controversial sponsorship deal with Germany ’s biggest arms manufacturer despite strong criticism from fans.
The Rheinmetall deal was a major issue at the club’s AGM on Sunday, when members were greeted by two mock tanks and an information stand against the agreement as they arrived at the venue. Members then blasted the deal in three motions brought against it. One motion urged the club to end the partnership with Rheinmetall as soon as possible.in May, three days before the team lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League final. It has since become a cause for major protest.
Dortmund’s three-year deal with Rheinmetall includes “wide-reaching advertising space, marketing rights and event and hospitality arrangements in the stadium and on the club grounds,” the club announced in May.Rheinmetall in February announced the construction of a new factory at its existing site in Unterluess in northern Germany, with annual production capacity for 200,000 artillery shells, 1,900 tons of explosives, and possibly rocket engines and warheads.
“Those who manufacture weapons of war do not profit from peace, but from war,” Dortmund fanzine Schwatzgelb said last week. Founded in 1889 as “Rheinische Metallwaaren- und Maschinenfabrik Actiengesellschaft,” the Düsseldorf-based company was one of Germany’s biggest armaments manufacturers during both World Wars. It made use of
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