VfB board member steps down, makes serious allegations | OneFootball

Beate Beck-Deharde has resigned from her position as a member of the supervisory board of VfB Stuttgart AG.

On Sunday, she informed the supervisory board, the executive committee, and the club advisory board that she was stepping down from her mandate with immediate effect. At the same time, her resignation letter was also sent to several media outlets—a move that has angered the VfB club management.

The 'kicker' quoted several statements from the letter in which Beck-Deharde criticized a lack of transparency and, in her view, a dysfunctional culture of information sharing and discussion. She also stated that she had the "impression that the executive board is increasingly trying to influence the supervisory board and steer it in a direction it desires."

VfB President Dietmar Allgaier rejects the entrepreneur's criticism: "We respect this personal decision by Ms. Beck-Deharde," said Dietmar Allgaier, president and chairman of the supervisory board of VfB, in the club's statement on Sunday evening. "In terms of content, we categorically reject the false statements that have been made. The 50+1 rule is and will remain fully upheld at VfB Stuttgart. The assertions made are without substance or basis and attack the integrity of the committees, offices, and individuals."

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