Talking Fussball

Talking Fussball Extra - Getting your head around the boardroom turmoil at VfB Stuttgart

Episode Summary

Nik Wildhagen speaks to Thilo Neumann of der Spiegel about why VFB Stuttgart - so steady on the pitch this season - is experiencing so much upheaval in management.

Episode Notes

If you've been listening to the podcast this season, you have definitely heard Nik, Matt and others praise VfB Stuttgart's performances in its first season back in the top flight after a two-year absence. Attacking talents like Silas Wamangatuka, Nicolas Gonzales and others have been setting the Bundesliga alight and coach  Pellegrino Matarazzo has garnered plenty of praise for his intelligent tactical set-up. Yet all is not well at the club - a boardroom power struggle has stolen the headlines in the local press, and some fans worry it has the potential to endanger the club's return to success. Nik talks with Thilo Neumann of Der Spiegel, one of the reporters who has been instrumental in uncovering some of the key facts, in an episode designed to help you understand a verrrrry complicated story.