Overview

• Hasan Ismaik has reversed his decision to sell his majority stake after the Swiss family holding’s takeover bid collapsed.
• Ismaik has publicly accused former president Robert Reisinger and ex-vice president Karl Christian Bay of lying to the club and its supporters.
• The newly installed presidium under President Gernot Mang will meet Ismaik soon to agree on necessary governance steps.
• Geschäftsführer Christian Werner and coach Patrick Glöckner have voiced confidence in a competitive 3. Liga season despite recent off-pitch turmoil.
• Signings of ex-Bundesliga strikers Kevin Volland and Florian Niederlechner bolster the Lions’ promotion ambitions.