Backing for trainer Ilzer
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On January 21, Tom Bishop’s transfer was reported to FC Bayern on July 1st. Due to the club World Cup, this could be carried out earlier, as TSG Hoffenheim’s sports manager Andreas Schicker explained. In an interview with “Sky”, the Austrian also confirmed the extension of top scorer Andrej Kramaric and commented on a possible end of coach Christian Ilzer and the further squad planning.
“Bayern Munich has already reported. We will not put Tom Bischof big in the way. Then, if you find a good solution, he can also be there at the club World Cup. I am so oriented that there will be a solution,” said Schicker. Since the 19-year-old’s working paper runs out in the summer, he switches to Munich-free. It would be conceivable that the German record champion will now pay a small sum to get rid of the midfielder a month earlier. The club World Cup will take place in the United States from June 14 to July 13.
Originally, Kramaric’s contract also ended at the end of the season, but this automatically extended. “Andrej is a very deserved player and again this year top scorer. He has proven it the year after year. Therefore, he is a face of Hoffenheim who has a lot of experience. We are very happy that we have Andrej in our team. Andrej has contract until 2026. This year, this year has extended itself. we will sit down and have conversations. According to reports, the clause was effective on December 12th after the 20th season game Kramarics for the TSG, the four game days before the end with 30 points in the 15th place in the table. The lead over the relegation rank is eight points.
Schicker: Østigård should stay-TSG squad must be reduced
After his loan from Stade Rennes in the Kraichgau, Leo Østigård, for whom there should be a purchase option in the area of around 10 million euros. “With Leo we found a player who is an absolute leader, a leader who can lead the last line. We are also in conversations with him that it goes on over the summer. But I think that it will still need one or the other week, but everyone in the club sees it very positively. Leo also sees it very positively that he would like to stay here.” The central defender has played seven games for Sinsheimer since his arrival in winter. With a transfer fee, the Norwegian would sort out just below the top ten most expensive shopping in the history of TSG.
In general, the squad should be reduced in the summer, as fancier described: “In the end, it is important to find a good mix. It should look like a third -standing players, faces of Hoffenheim. A third from his own academy, where the way has been excellent in recent years and Hoffenheim is probably the best club in Germany. Then a third of the player. In addition, we will be successful at Bazoumana Touré.
Schicker gives Hoffenheim coach Ilzer backing
According to reports, the associations of the association with coach Ilzer could separate again after only half a year in the summer. The question of whether his obligation was a mistake denied the 38-year-old, who had already worked for a long time with Ilzer at Sturm Graz. “Definitely not. It was aware that in the middle of a Europa League season it has a risk because there were still many games in autumn and we only had a little winter break. I don’t think. But it is also the case that we did not score as many points as we hoped for it. But I can say that the entire club, the entire management and the shareholders are 100 percent behind Christian Ilzer.”
So far, 25 games have been on average one point. At predecessor Pellegrino Matarazzo, an average of 1.28 points were in 67 games. Nevertheless, he had said to have talked “currently” with no other coach. “In my position as managing director of Sport, I had no conversations with possible candidates. Not as it might have been written in the media.”