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Women's Bundesliga expects investment of up to β¬800m away from DFB
Huge investment is expected in the Women's Bundesliga despite an apparent split with the German Football Federation (DFB), league president Katharina Kiel told Kicker magazine on Monday.
Kiel said the legue and clubs would very likely invest between β¬700 million ($820 million) and β¬800 million ($938 million) over the next eight years, adding that what the DFB had wanted to invest was "a very large difference."
The DFB had originally wanted to invest β¬100 million over that period into a jointly planned limited liability company with the 14 top-division clubs. The plan has collapsed twice.
A newly-founded league association called FBL e.V. is taking shape and aims to be an independent body from the federation, just like the men's German Football League (DFL) which runs the Bundesliga and second tier.
A prerequisite for complete separation would be a basic deal with the DFB.
"Our draft agreement will be sent to the DFB this week," Kiel said.
Due to the dispute, the federation has delayed the planned schedule for selling TV rights. The auction is now due to take place in Q3 and the FBL ideally needs a deal by then.
