Allegations of abuse in football: The treatments of the player advisor

The football industry is concerned with research on the behavior of a player consultant. It is about possible abuse of power, intimate touch under the pretext of medical examinations – and the fear that there are more affected.

The news was starting the German football industry last week: a player advisor who has been looking after professional footballers for many years is said to have touched under -age athletes in the genital area over a long period of time – under the pretext of medical treatments. The media house Correctiv Published a corresponding research without the name of the consultant or the advisory agency with which he was busy. Although there has been no criminal complaint on the matter after SZ information, the cooperation between the agency and the consultant has already ended on the day of publication.