To Achim Watzke
Achim,
I was a BVB fan. Südtribüne. The real kind — not the shirt-on-matchday kind.
Then the club invested in Rheinmetall. A weapons manufacturer. A company that profits from war.
After that, BVB became just another club.
I don't write this with anger. I write it with the clarity of someone who knows exactly when something ended and why.
Here is my offer.
Fund my incubator — a home for founders with the right attitude. Patient, principled, building for something that lasts. Not unicorn-chasers. People who understand that sustainable growth is a foundation, not a constraint.
Cancel the Rheinmetall partnership.
I come back to the Südtribüne.
And if you agree — I have a burning BVB heart ready to work for the club as a trainee. Put me to work.
That's it. No lawyers. No press release. Just a fan telling you what it would take.
The Südtribüne is one of the greatest things German football ever produced — 25,000 people standing, singing, believing in something together. It deserves a club that believes in something too.
You still have time to be that club.