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The reputation of German football is endangered in connection with the heated debate around an investor for the nation’s football league DFL, German Football Federation (DFB) president Bernd Neuendorf warned on Friday. Neuendorf told dpa that speculation around the vote of the 36 Bundesliga and second divisions who make up the DFL is given him reason to be concerned, in connection with the 50+1 rule which says that a club must always retain a majority stake. At the vote in December, the required two thirds majority was just reached when 24 clubs voted in favour of bringing in a strategic partn…

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