ÖFB general on the criticism

“We shouldn’t get bogged down in sandbox games”

Thomas Hollerer, General Secretary of the Austrian Football Association, commented on the current intrigue for the first time.(Bild: Mario Urbantschitsch)

Since 2016, Thomas Hollerer has led the ÖFB as General Secretary together (and yet it feels separate) with Bernhard Neuhold, Managing Director of ÖFB-Wirtschaftsbetriebe. But the climate between them seems to be poisoned. In the "Krone", lawyer Hollerer now comments for the first time on the intrigue stadium ...

Hollerer came under fire because a year-old internal letter from President Klaus Mitterdorfer was made public. The fact that the ÖFB boss spoke of a "long outdated account" could no longer correct the damage to his image.