: Coronavirus: Seen as villain not long ago, Hoffenheim’s billionaire owner Hopp could now be a hero #IndiaNEWS Long despised by German fans as the face of big-money football, billionaire Dietmar Hopp

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Coronavirus: Seen as villain not long ago, Hoffenheim’s billionaire owner Hopp could now be a hero #IndiaNEWS
Long despised by German fans as the face of big-money football, billionaire Dietmar Hopp is now being held up by some as a national hero in the coronavirus crisis.Three weeks ago, the 79-year-old owner of the Hoffenheim club was the subject of nationwide protests in Germany’s football stadiums, with fans calling him a “son of a b***h� and holding up pictures of his face in crosshairs.This week, Hopp raised hopes of a vaccine for the COVID-19 disease, suggesting a company he owns could develop one as soon as the autumn. Ranked by Forbes as the eighth richest person in Germany, Hopp made his fortune with SAP, the software company he co-founded in 1972.Decades later, he used his wealth to propel Hoffenheim, based near Sinsheim in southwestern Germany, from amateur league anonymity to the top-flight Bundesliga and a place among Europe’s elite in the Champions League. That made him a hate figure for football fans across the country.For Germany’s “ultras�, Hopp is a symbol for how wealthy investors hold too much power in football.They see him as a threat to the culture and traditions of the German game, and more specifically to the 50+1 rule, which underpins the considerable influence of supporters in the way German clubs are...Read more

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