High income in the transfer winter
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The 1st FC Nürnberg and sports director Olaf Rebbe are completely surprisingly separate. The 46-year-old was released and excreted with immediate effect from the office, as the second division club announced on Tuesday. The FCN will remain fully able to act and will inform about a succession scheme in due course.
Sports board member Joti Chatzialexiou said: “After the end of the latest transfer phase, there were different opinions about the future orientation of the 1. FC Nürnberg. We thank Olaf for the work done until then, especially in the winter transfer phase. ”
The end of the collaboration comes unexpectedly because the FCN experienced an extraordinary transfer window: with the change from Finn Jeltsch (18) for 8 million euros exclusive bonuses to VfB Stuttgart and Stefanos Tzimas (19; remains loan) for 25 million euros to Brighton The Franks underlined their reputation as a talent smithy and strong seller association. Overall, the club made transfers this winter with a total volume of 66.4 million euros. Thanks to bonuses, one or the other million could be added in the future.
Nuremberg has achieved around 55 million euros in the past two years with sales to reduce financial contaminated sites and put the club on healthy legs. Tzimas, Jeltsch and Can Uzun (19), who switched to Eintracht Frankfurt for 11 million euros in summer, are by far the three most expensive departures in club history. Around 22 million euros were reinvested, only five German clubs have a better transfer balance – including Hertha BSC with 40 million euros in third place. From Nuremberg’s point of view, however, it should be noted that 18 million euros of expenses to Tzimas’ drawn purchase option, which was previously loaned by Paok.
Rebbe has been a sports director for the FCN since April 2021, before that he worked in the same function for Paok, Huddersfield and Wolfsburg. According to the “Picture“Should have occurred on the edge of the 4: 3 in Magdeburg between Rebbe and a reporter. In his view, the manager complained about displacing reporting after the successful Nuremberg transfer window. According to the newspaper, there was also a dispute between the two FCN sports managers. Rebbe is said to have complained about the low appreciation of his work with the board.