Each fanless match costs Dortmund four million euros

(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 03, 2020 Borussia Dortmundís Youssoufa Moukoko attends a training session of the German first division Bundesliga team Borussia Dortmund at the team training grounds in Dortmund, western Germany. - German wunderkind Youssoufa Moukoko could become the youngest player to make his Bundesliga debut this weekend if the Borussia Dortmund teenager plays the day after his 16th birthday on November 20, 2020. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP)

Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Waztke revealed Thursday that each home game held without fans costs the Bundesliga club four million euros ($4.7 million) in lost revenue.

Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park is the biggest stadium in Germany and can host 81,000 spectators.

Fans are currently locked out of all Bundesliga matches as part of government measures to restrict the spread of the coronavirus.

Last season’s Bundesliga runners-up closed the 2019/20 financial year with a loss of 44 million euros after last season was disrupted by Covid-19.

In Thursday’s annual general meeting, held online because of the pandemic, Watzke said he fears losses of up to 75 million euros this season.

However, the Dortmund boss gave assurances that the club has “sufficient liquidity to ensure that there is no danger” to their existence.

As well as revealing the scale of lost revenue for each home game, Watzke said salary waivers for their squad and club employees have saved around 11 million euros.

Dortmund starts the weekend third in the Bundesliga table having lost 3-2 at home to leader Bayern Munich before the international break.

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