BERLIN (AP) — Hertha Berlin suspended goalkeeper Marius Gersbeck whereas police examine his alleged involvement in a combat with one other man who later wanted hospital remedy.
Gersbeck was suspended “till additional discover” in keeping with a choice by Hertha managing director, Thomas E. Herrich, and sports activities director, Benjamin Weber, on Monday.
“The rationale for the suspension are the alleged circumstances across the coaching camp at Zell am See in Austria,” Hertha stated.
Herrich added that the 28-year-old goalie “left the staff resort with out permission.”
The membership stated earlier Monday that Gersbeck left their coaching camp the day earlier than and that it didn’t want to make additional touch upon the state of affairs whereas police had been investigating. It didn’t say whether or not Gersbeck, who returned to Hertha from Karlsruher SC solely final month, will stay on the membership after the alleged incident.
Salzburg police stated in a press release on Sunday that “a 28-year-old German man and a 22-year-old native man bought into an argument on a avenue within the city of Zell am See” the evening earlier than. They added that the row “escalated right into a bodily altercation,” and the youthful man was taken to hospital with unspecified accidents.
Hertha introduced Gersbeck again to his hometown membership for a reported payment of 300,000 euros ($337,000). He has ties to the membership’s extremely followers and was seen as an identification determine to assist it emerge from its sporting disaster.
Hertha was relegated from the Bundesliga final season.
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