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Investment company Blackstone is no longer available as a potential strategic partner of the German Football League (DFL), the DFL said late Tuesday. The DFL said in a statement to dpa that Blackstone was withdrawing “for various reasons after good talks.” It said that talks with the only other bidder, CVC, would continue, and that it would not go into details. “The DFL and the clubs were always aware that the key points and red lines adopted in December would place high demands on potential partners,” the statement said. The DFL, which brings together the 36 Bundesliga and second division clu…

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