MUNICH (GERMANY), Oct. 28 (dpa/EP) –
The president of Bayern Munich, Herbert Hainer, has assured that the club will ensure that the controversy sparked by a pro-Palestinian publication by Moroccan defender Noussair Mazraoui on social networks is not repeated.
“We must and will draw the correct conclusions as a club, and that something like this should not be repeated,” Hainer said in an interview with the newspaper Abendzeitung this Saturday.
Moroccan international Mazraoui had shared pro-Palestinian content on his Instagram account a week after the October 7 attack on Israel by the militant Islamist group Hamas and the Israeli response bombing the Gaza Strip.
Bayern called the player to a meeting, but stopped short of sanctioning him, while Mazraoui said he condemned any type of terrorism.
The Central Council of Jews in Germany criticized Bayern’s decision, stating that the club should have sanctioned the player and noting that, although Bayern condemned the Hamas attack, Mazraoui had not explicitly named the group in his statement released by the club. .
Mazraoui played in the Champions League against Galatasaray on Tuesday and Hainer confirmed that he met with him and the team’s Israeli backup goalkeeper, Daniel Peretz, after the game. “It was a good and open talk. We sat together, Daniel and Nous understand each other. It’s an important sign,” declared Hainer.