<figure id="attachment_3100566" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3100566" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3100566" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/22f7e14c-florian-neuhaus-afp-040725.webp" alt="Florian Neuhaus AFP 040725" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3100566" class="wp-caption-text">Florian Neuhaus mainly featured as a substitute for Monchengladbach last season. (AFP pic)</figcaption></figure>
MONCHENGLADBACH: Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Florian Neuhaus has been fined and banished from the first team after being filmed while appearing to mock the Bundesliga club&#8217;s sporting director.
In a video posted on social media, Neuhaus could be seen talking to several people wearing Gladbach kits about sporting director Roland Virkus.
The 28-year-old appeared to call Virkus &#8220;the worst manager in the world&#8221; and referenced the sporting director&#8217;s role in deciding his salary of €4 million per year.
Gladbach said they had imposed a &#8220;heavy&#8221; fine on Neuhaus and suspended him from training with the first team for four weeks, with German daily Bild reporting the fine was worth around €100,000.
&#8220;The behaviour and statements of Florian Neuhaus are damaging to the club and unacceptable,&#8221; Gladbach&#8217;s CEO Stefan Stegemann said in a statement yesterday.
&#8220;He has damaged the club with his words and deeply disappointed the people involved, which is not compatible with the values of the club.&#8221;
Neuhaus joined Gladbach in 2017 and has made over 200 appearances in all competitions for the club, but mainly featured as a substitute last season and played just 17 times in the league as they finished 10th.

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