Hoffenheim opt to sever close ties with controversial Dietmar Hopp confidant

Hoffenheim opt to sever close ties with controversial Dietmar Hopp confidantThe publicly covered administrative chaos at Hoffenheim has produced yet another very public scandal. In the Thursday print edition of Kicker featured a story on the continued influence of club patron Dietmar Hopp, even though the controversial owner of the club promised to step back and return the Bundesliga club to 50+1 rule two years ago.Hopp’s influence in this particular case relates to the 84-year-old’s