New Supervisory Board: Watzke follows Peters at the DFL

This decided the 36 first and second divisions on their general meeting on Tuesday. The 62-year-old starts the succession of Peter Peters from 11 February, who was resigned as DFB President because of his candidacy.

I have successfully resisted for such an office for 17 years. Now they have caught me at a weak point. I feel a very great responsibility and hope to do justice, Wake said in the context of the PK: a new beginning a magic Issue that one goes back to each other again. We have to bring the German football more to the rays again. We can only tackle that together.

Wake: Will not interfere in the operating business

The clubs chose Wake as the first deputy of the future DFL managing director Donate Hops in the Presidium. The former media manager follows in January on Christian Seifert. After more than 15 years, the 52-year-old wants to turn to the top of the umbrella organization of the German professional football new tasks. My first task is to strengthen donate hops and support them. I will not mix in the operating business, Wake said.

The BVB Boss had already declared his readiness for the items before the assembly. If at some point the German professional football of the opinion is that he could use me in any form and is there a vacancy, and that's obviously there, then I would not refuse myself, Wake had recently in OMR Podcast in terms of one possible commitment to the DFL said.