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It was after high school that Thomas Helmer considered becoming a journalist.

He then became a footballer, a very successful one.

Stations at Dortmund and Bayern, among others, European champion in 1996. After retiring in November 2000, he had no big plans for his future, he once said.

According to his own information, he came to sports journalism by chance.

Reporter at Sat.1, later at DSF and after a few substitute guest appearances, then moderator of the “Doppelpass” at the station Sport1 that emerged from DSF.

Since August 2015 he has been the boss of the group as the successor to Jörg Wontorra.

But that will soon be over.

A TV hammer.

According to information from "Sport Bild", the football talk will have a new host in the next Bundesliga season.

The broadcaster nominated the long-time RTL presenter Florian König for the cult get-together on Sunday.

König is primarily known for his moderation of Formula 1 races.

Other fields were soccer and boxing.

Florian König (left) with the former Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg, at a Grand Prix of the racing series.

He has been with RTL since 1994

Source: pa / Mandoga Media

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At the end of the season, however, RTL said goodbye to the racing circuit, the contract expired and was not extended.

On Sunday, König is saying goodbye to Formula 1, the season finale will take place in Abu Dhabi (2.10 p.m., also in the sports ticker of the WELT).

The racing series will then run exclusively on Sky from 2021.

After Helmer, König is only the fourth moderator of the "Doppelpass"

The 53-year-old king will succeed Helmer from August 2021.

According to the report by “Sport Bild”, the 55-year-old approached Sport1 in the summer and wished he could take a step back in the future in order to have more time for the family.

He is on the air 44 weekends a year in Munich.

Helmer lives with the actress Yasmina Filali and their two children in Hamburg and travels each time.

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In 25 years of “double pass”, König will only be the fourth permanent presenter.

His predecessors were Rudolph Brückner (1995 to 2004), Wontorra (2004 to 2015) and Helmer.

Helmet's contract with Sport1 expires in summer 2021.

According to the magazine, he is already in talks with the broadcaster about a further collaboration.

Helmer will host his last “Doppelpass” broadcasts at the European Championship, which is scheduled for June 11th to July 11th.

In a sense, this closes the circle for the European champion.