ExclusiveBorussia Dortmund: "We're happy with our business model despite its limitations" (C. Cramer)

"We are happy with our business model, we are happy with our revenues (€515.4m in 2022-23, see below). It doesn't mean that we are satisfied and won't be ambitious to reach more, but for taking notice where we are from and taking notice that we have to gain all the money by ourselves, that we don't have an investor, that we don't have a government behind us, that we have the Lizenzierungsverfahren (DFL licensing procedure) in German football and high expectations regarding financial fair play, we are more than happy," said Carsten Cramer, member of the management board at Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga), in charge of the sales, marketing and digitalisation departments, to News Tank Football on 22/11/2023.

"But to be honest, that's the national German perspective in the European landscape. Of course, it's more difficult because there are so many clubs that are owned by investors, owned by governments, owned by multiple owning investors, and for sure they have more possibilities to invest, to spend higher budgets. It is something I wouldn't say we complain about, but we do have a…