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Frankfurt / Main (dpa) - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has asked DFB Vice President Rainer Koch to accept the apology from association chief Fritz Keller.

"I basically got to know Fritz Keller as a honest, serious and loving person," said the CEO of FC Bayern Munich on Saturday evening on Sky TV.

«He knows himself that what happened there was a serious derailment.

He apologized for it, and I think it is, I have to say that very clearly, not just a beautiful gesture, but a gesture not only to accept this apology, but also to accept it.

On Friday evening, the heads of the regional and state associations of the German Football Association (DFB) repeated their call for resignation to Keller and called on the DFB board to remove the president from office.

Earlier, in his first official statement after the amateur camp's vote of no confidence, Keller had again asked for forgiveness, but had not resigned.

The DFB country chiefs withdrew their trust in Keller last Sunday.

The 64-year-old association president compared his vice-president Rainer Koch with Nazi judge Roland Freisler at a board meeting in April.

The ethics committee discussed Keller's comparison and presented the result to the DFB sports court for a decision on Monday.

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"The DFB just has to come to rest," said Rummenigge.

It has been a permanent unrest for years, and gentlemen are up to mischief in the background.

"You have to ask yourself whether this is fair to football," said the 65-year-old.

Rummenigge did not want to identify the DFB Vice President Rainer Koch, also head of the Bavarian Football Association, “as the sole culprit”.

But it is noticeable that there is simply too much unrest, said the Bayern board of directors.

"There is no loyalty, no harmony - and there has to be that if you want to be successful."

After all, the European Championship, also with games in Munich, is on.

German football needs a successful national team - and you have to "exemplify it up there," said Rummenigge.

But he himself is not interested in the role of DFB President.

"I've done that at Bayern for 20 years now, (...) but I'm not looking for a job that is practically equivalent to a hara-kiri campaign," said Rummenigge.

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