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Several German professional football clubs applied for state compensation payments during the Corona crisis after players or employees had to go into quarantine on official orders.
VfL Wolfsburg, Erzgebirge Aue, Hannover 96 and Dynamo Dresden confirmed a corresponding report by "Bild" on Friday, at least in broad terms.
When asked, the Wolfsburg-based finance director Tim Schumacher also stated: “It is not true that reimbursement applications have already been made for the players in question.
We are still in the test here. "
How VfL Wolfsburg explains the application
The Infection Protection Act guarantees employees a right to reimbursement under certain circumstances, for example after a quarantine measure.
The employer pays this to the employee and can later have the amount reimbursed by the competent authority upon request.
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"The management of a GmbH is fundamentally obliged to examine legally permissible options and, if necessary, to exhaust them," said Schumacher.
"In the administrative area, we have fulfilled this responsibility and have made a few applications, but no approval has yet been given."
The Auer managing director Michael Voigt also confirmed to the dpa that his club had made appropriate applications.
Professional clubs should be viewed like commercial enterprises, he said.
“The 36 professional clubs paid 1.4 billion euros in taxes and fees last season.
In addition, more than 52,000 people were directly or indirectly employed in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. "