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Bundesliga set to become first elite European league to restart since Covid-19 shutdown
Christian Seifert
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League chief believes teams could return to behind closed doors action by start of May
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Rule barring foreign investors from owning clubs seen as financially limiting
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League continues to thrive as record turnover posted for 2013/14
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Academies of top flight German clubs combined cost equivalent of one Gareth Bale transfer to Real Madrid
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Average Bundesliga ticket price is €23 and the league enjoys a 92 per cent stadium occupancy rate
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Half of the top-flight clubs had voted in favour but a two-thirds majority was needed
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