Bayern Munich vs. PSG.
Qatar-sponsored vs. Qatar-owned.
Think it’s as good a time as any to remind ourselves what’s behind the football.
The #Qlassico, human rights and sportswashing, the Bayern Munich angle. (Thread 1/17)
#PSGFCB #PSGBayern #FCBayern #UCLFinal
Qatar-sponsored vs. Qatar-owned.
Think it’s as good a time as any to remind ourselves what’s behind the football.
The #Qlassico, human rights and sportswashing, the Bayern Munich angle. (Thread 1/17)
#PSGFCB #PSGBayern #FCBayern #UCLFinal
Workers’ rights. 2/17
Sexism. 3/17
Death. 4/17
Antisemitism. 6/17
Reminder that former Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeneß thinks of a sovereign state owning a football club. 7/17
Bayern Munich’s fan and ultra groups are largely against their club’s sponsorship agreement with Qatar. 8/17
Bayern Munich’s fan groups’ protest did not end at the stadium. Reps from Bayern’s Südkurve recently visited the Munich city hall with two former guest workers, resulting in local politicians calling for Bayern to demand an inquiry re workers’ rights. 9/17
A Bayern Munich fan received a banning order, allegedly for holding a banner against Monday night kickoffs. Bayern’s fan and utra groups think he was banned in connection with his engagement against Qatar.
By @matt_4d 10/17
By @matt_4d 10/17
Bayern Munich’s ultra scene is known to be very politically engaged.
Given their stance on human rights, LGBT+ rights, Holocaust remembrance, one can only imagine what they’d have planned should the game have taken place with fans in attendance. 11/17
Given their stance on human rights, LGBT+ rights, Holocaust remembrance, one can only imagine what they’d have planned should the game have taken place with fans in attendance. 11/17
Bayern Munich’s fan and ultra groups recently organized an evening to raise awareness to the workers’ rights situation in Qatar.
The club refused their invitation to attend.
“If they can’t talk to their own fans, how will talk to a dictatorship?” one fan asked. 12/17
The club refused their invitation to attend.
“If they can’t talk to their own fans, how will talk to a dictatorship?” one fan asked. 12/17
It’s not just Bayern’s organized fans who criticize their club for their dealings with Qatar. 13/17
What do Bayern Munich say about all this?
A selection of quotes:
Uli Hoeneß: “The training conditions in Qatar are incredible.”
Working conditions in Qatar “aren’t perfect, but they wouldn’t improve by us not going there.” 14/17
A selection of quotes:
Uli Hoeneß: “The training conditions in Qatar are incredible.”
Working conditions in Qatar “aren’t perfect, but they wouldn’t improve by us not going there.” 14/17
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge: “Migrant workers’ situation in Qatar has improved through football.” 15/17
Here’s what Human Rights Watch’s Germany director @WenzelMichalski told my DW colleague @Klein_Tho about Bayern and their dealings with Qatar. 16/17
Sources and photos: @clubnr12, Südkurve München, @HRW, @dw_sports, @ntvde, @FAZ_Sport, @SPIEGEL_Sport, @FasziFankurve. 17/17
