“What’s next?” – Kretzschmar warns of the consequences of the Golla case

Former national handball player Stefan Kretzschmar fears the conflict over national team captain Johannes Golla will set a negative example for the future. “Of course, you are now opening the door for possible imitators in the future - and I don't mean that in a disrespectful way, and I don't want to use Johannes Golla's mental situation here to be critical,” said the former sports director of Füchse Berlin in the Dyn podcast “Kretzsche & Schmiso”.

Golla would like to leave the handball Bundesliga club MT Melsungen early despite a five-year contract and return to his previous club in Flensburg. The national player had, among other things, pointed out the danger to his mental health.

The 53-year-old Kretzschmar sees a danger in the sport of handball due to the clear contract situation of the 28-year-old pivot at MT Melsungen. "So, what's next? Now player He added: “Of course you are now creating a cause that could also be dangerous for everything that comes next.”

Not just homesickness as a reason

In the exchange poker around Golla, the national player's contract was, according to dpa information, exceptionally terminated at the earliest possible date on Monday last week. His contract in Melsungen runs until 2031. There is an exit clause in the contract after three years; the transfer fee stipulated there is reportedly 500,000 euros.

Golla had written in a post on Instagram: "Saying goodbye to Flensburg and all the loved ones there leaves its mark. Leaving behind us our entire world that we have built up on the fjord over eight years, even people who know me well have long since seen that I am not feeling well. And that it is no longer 'just' homesickness, but that my mental health is seriously at risk."