Völler kalder VM-boikot-debatten meningsløs

DFB-direktør for sport Rudi Völler har beskrevet debatten om at boykotte fodbold-VM i USA på grund af Donald Trumps politik som «meningsløs». På en konference i Berlin understregede han, at en sådan boykot ville skade atleterne og ikke opnå noget. Völler trækker på tidligere erfaringer med olympiske boykotter.

I Berlin talte Rudi Völler, sportsdirektør i det tyske fodboldforbund (DFB), klart om debatten om en mulig boykot af fodbold-VM 2026 i USA. På dpa-redaktørkonferencen sagde den 65-årige VM-vinder fra 1990: «Det er meningsløst at diskutere dette. Det opnår intet og skader kun atleterne.»/n/nVöller, som som ung professionel oplevede de politisk motiverede boykotter af OL i Moskva 1980 og Los Angeles 1984, forklarede: «Jeg har altid været imod boykot, fordi det ikke opnår noget.» Diskussionen blev delvist udløst af Oke Göttlich, leder af FC St. Pauli. Göttlich understregede: «Man kan ikke bare ignorere et emne. Fodbold fungerer ikke i et vakuum fra samfundsspørgsmål.»/n/nBaggrunden omfatter konflikter som USA's krav på Grønland under præsident Trump, som belastede relationerne med NATO-lande, samt handlinger fra Immigrations- og Toldvæsenet (ICE) mod migranter, hvor to personer blev dræbt. Völler ønsker ikke, at politiske spørgsmål skal overskygge VM-turen. «Vi er der for at spille fodbold», sagde han. Han går ind for ytringsfrihed, men med timing: «Der er ingen mundkurve; alle kan ytre deres mening og kigge kritisk på tingene, men ikke dagen før kampen.»/n/nDebatten minder om kontroverserne under VM i Qatar omkring regnbue-kapteinsbåndet, som Völler ikke vil gentage.

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