Fan spokesman won't guarantee end of protests, calls for DFL vision

German fan spokesman Thomas Kessen won't guarantee an end of protests after the German Football League (DFL) abandoned plans to bring in a strategic partner but he doesn't expect any further match interruptions.

Kessen also said that the DFL decision offers a huge opportunity to showcase the uniqueness of German football in "a vision for the future" instead of having a "rat race" with other leagues for more money.

The DFL said on Wednesday it was abandoning the investor issue after weeks-long protests from fans and an unclear legal situation around the original vote by the 36 clubs, with Hanover's Martin Kind possibly voting against club orders in the ballot where the required two-thirds majority was just reached.

Fans had interrupted Bundesliga and second division matches by throwing tennis balls and other objects onto the pitch.

Kessen, the spokesman of the Unsere Kurve (Our Curve) grouping, told dpa that the protests were conducted individually and not centrally but that he would "be very surprised if someone would continue doing this" at upcoming games.

He said he rather expects "the odd funny banners" to be unfurled in the stadiums.

Kessen told broadcasters ZDF on Thursday he doesn't see financial problems for the Bundesliga now that the billion-euro ($1.08 billion) investor deal for a share of the licensing revenue from the sale of media rights was abandoned.

"If there's one thing German football has in abundance, it's money. It's just distributed absolutely unequal and unfairly," Kessen said.

He dismissed a "rat race to see who gets more money" between the Bundesliga and the likes of England and Spain and said the DFL should rather highlight the way German football is run.

"German football is unique and has a lot to offer. All the member-based clubs, the joint determination of everyone who cares about football, that needs to be strengthened, and the DFL could build a vision for the future on that," Kessen said.