Jennifer Zietz from Union Berlin wants action to grow women's football. She sees a chance for Bundesliga and DFB to work together.
Jennifer Zietz leads women's professional football at 1. FC Union Berlin. She thinks the Bundesliga and Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB) can still partner. Zietz says strong steps are needed to help women's football. "Everything is open, the door is never closed," she said. She wants help from people who know the game well.
The Frauen-Bundesliga FBL e.V. started in early December at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt/Main. It was first planned for the DFB campus. The plan was to make an FBL GmbH with the group. But fights stopped that from happening.
Big names like Eintracht's Axel Hellmann and Bayern Munich's Jan-Christian Dreesen spoke against the DFB. This caused hard feelings. The DFB does not like how the media covers these talks.
Talks start again on January 26 in Frankfurt am Main. 14 clubs and the new league group leader Katharina Kiel from Eintracht will join. Zietz says clubs stand together. But the DFB makes it hard.
A big problem is who gets votes in the new plan. Zietz says clubs that put in most money should have more votes. The DFB will pay but wants say in many things. This makes talks tough.
Zietz says women players need fair pay. Many in the top league earn less than the lowest legal wage. Union Berlin promises to give women in football the same respect as men. They do not want to copy men's football exactly.
