![Watzke: "Saudi money was start-up financing for FIFA CWC. As long as companies listed on DAX [Germany's stock index] involve the Saudis in their capital increases, we shouldn't paint the world as more beautiful than it actually is. Our industry is only too happy to accept money from the Gulf States"](https://www.eucup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/9b4J29DWO3ZZJKg4NECVy0HhloSvQrB0oq8ciU5xf3I-1024x576.jpeg "Watzke: “Saudi money was start-up financing for FIFA CWC. As long as companies listed on DAX [Germany’s stock index] involve the Saudis in their capital increases, we shouldn’t paint the world as more beautiful than it actually is. Our industry is only too happy to accept money from the Gulf States”")
Watzke: “Saudi money was start-up financing for FIFA CWC. As long as companies listed on DAX [Germany’s stock index] involve the Saudis in their capital increases, we shouldn’t paint the world as more beautiful than it actually is. Our industry is only too happy to accept money from the Gulf States”
by TheBiasedSportsLover
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You’re goddamn right.
German bundesliga coaches and management are identical to us college football athletic directors and coaches…bemoan money yet happily get paid. Cracks me up