Felix Zwayer (40) has not played a Bundesliga game since the row with Dortmund in the 3-2 draw against Bayern on December 4th. And then only one more in the Europa League.
Will the Berlin referee never whistle again?
Lutz Fröhlich (64), the referee boss of the DFB, revealed on Sunday in the BILD program “The Situation of the League” on TV: “Felix Zwayer took a vacation for himself after his last international game before Christmas. At the moment he is not active as a referee. That is self-determined by him. We are very interested in avoiding the impression that conflicts between referees and clubs mean that a referee no longer whistles or says: I no longer whistle at all. “
Zwayer confirms his time-out to BILD: “I’m working on the situation.”
BVB young star Jude Bellingham (18) alluded to Zwayer’s role in the Hoyzer scandal in 2005 with his TV statement: “You are giving a referee who was already involved in match-fixing the biggest game in Germany. What do you expect? ”Bellingham paid the DFB a fine of 40,000 euros for this.
What was Zwayer’s involvement really like? To this day, statements stand against statements.
Former referee Robert Hoyer (42) claimed to have slipped his then assistant Zwayer 300 euros for manipulation before the third division game in Wuppertal against Werder amateurs. Zwayer denies this payment.
The criminal proceedings were then discontinued on the grounds of “insignificance”. The DFB sports court blocked Zwayer for six months because it “assumed” that the payment had been made. Zwayer received extenuating circumstances for helping, as a key witness, to uncover the scandal.
Happy: “The Robert Hoyzer affair should be cleared up at some point. I would really appreciate it if you knew what happened back then. For me, the information I have is no reason to judge anyone. “
The referee boss also says: “It is a heavy burden for a referee to conduct games with this allegation.”
And now?
Zwayer: “I am still very interested in speaking to Jude Bellingham personally. The question is: how do you deal with each other? What consequences can such statements have for a person? “
According to BILD information, the Berlin police contacted real estate agent Zwayer because there were death threats against him on the Internet. Will he whistle again? Everything open.
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