Jude Bellingham caused a sensation with his controversial statements to Felix Zwayer and was ultimately fined 40,000 euros. The referee also sharply criticized the BVB youngster and wanted to talk to him personally. But nothing will come of it.
With the statement “You are giving a referee who has already manipulated the most important game in Germany. What do you expect?” Jude Bellingham got a big ball rolling. While some read nothing but the truth from this statement and celebrate the player for it, others find that his words have gone too far.
In any case, Felix Zwayer did not want to leave the quote as it was and demanded a sincere apology. “The statement deliberately gives the wrong impression that I did not lead the game to the best of my knowledge and belief. It is personal, disparaging and disrespectful,” he raged image.
Despite the € 40,000 fine imposed on Bellingham, the referee does not want to close the case yet. “I would like to clarify this in a personal conversation with Jude Bellingham and have offered such a personal interview to Borussia Dortmund,” he clarified and also made it clear that I should accept “a sincere apology”.
However, BVB did not react positively to Felix Zwayer’s offer. Hans-Joachim Watzke announced that there was “no great chance of realization” for a debate. The BVB managing director particularly disliked the fact that the referee made his request publicly.
“If Mr. Zwayer sends me and Michael Zorc a letter and stimulates a conversation like this, you are welcome to discuss it. If, however, an hour later I read the same thing in the media with original quotes, then I have to say: I don’t have any confidential conversations with someone who an hour later it is already on the boulevard. It doesn’t work that way, “he grumbled in the interview Amazon prime.
As things stand now, there will be no debate or even reconciliation. It will be interesting to see what happens the next time the referee whistles for a game involving Dortmund. Not all differences have been resolved between him and the club. In the end something always gets stuck. This applies both to his participation in a betting scandal and to the events in the context of the top game on Saturday.
