Hertha stars make gesture to fans
BERLIN, Germany -- Players at struggling Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin have offered to pay fans' travel and ticket costs to away games for the rest of the season.
Senior players proposed that the squad put up around 1m euros to pay for fans to attend their remaining eight away games, to make up for recent poor displays.
The proposal is a response to demands from executive manager Dieter Hoeness for players to accept a 25 per cent pay cut.
Hertha, who sacked Dutchman Huub Stevens as coach at the end of last year and replaced him with Hans Meyer, are second from bottom of the German First Division with just 13 points from 17 games.
