Sky no longer uses Dahlmann - "Insensitive and inappropriate"

Football commentator Jörg Dahlmann recently caused a stir with a few comments. Now Sky decided to stop using it with immediate effect. Most recently it was about a "sushi" statement. Dahlmann defends himself - and attacks the transmitter.

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The criticized football commentator Jörg Dahlmann will no longer comment on games for Sky.

A spokesman for the pay TV station confirmed this on Friday.

Dahlmann is one of the most prominent football commentators in this country.

One who also polarized.

“Sky has worked well with Jörg Dahlmann for many years.

However, from our point of view, he has now repeatedly behaved insensitively and inappropriately with his comments, "said the spokesman.

"Sky is aware of its responsibility as a media company and has therefore decided that it will no longer be used with immediate effect."

It had been certain for a few weeks that the contract between the TV journalist and the broadcaster, which expired in the summer, would not be extended.

Now the immediate end.

Dahlmann spoke up on Instagram on Friday evening - and vehemently defends himself against the allegations.

Statement on Japan in the criticism

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The 62-year-old recently caused a sensation with controversial comments - in January during a game by Union Berlin: "For such a cozy night with Sophia (Thomalla; editor's note) I would also sit on the bench." he alluded to the situation of Thomalla's friend Loris Karius, who is only the second goalkeeper at Union.

In the second division game between Hannover 96 and Erzgebirge Aue last weekend, he described Japan as the “land of sushi”.

This, he writes, was the reason for the broadcaster's decision not to wait for the end of the contract: “The reason was because I said about Hanover's Muroya: 'That would have been his first goal in Germany.

He shot the last one in the land of sushi. '

Land of sushi as a pseudonym for Japan.

Similar to Land of Fjords for Norway.

Some people have made a racist background out of it. "

The immediate separation made him feel pushed into a racist corner.

"But I defend myself with hands and feet against these absurd accusations," emphasized Dahlmann.

“I hate racism!

Cosmopolitanism and diversity are important to me.

The separation for this reason is, in my opinion, not okay and not fair. ”He was“ disappointed ”with Sky.

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Dahlmann went through many stations in his career on German television, worked for ZDF, Sat.1, Sport1 and Sky, among others.

He became famous in 1993 when he commented on a goal by Frankfurt's Jay-Jay Okocha against Oliver Kahn and could hardly calm down with enthusiasm.

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