Leverkusen boss
Bayer Leverkusen is not holding on to coach Gerardo Seoane for lack of alternatives, but out of conviction. The assured club boss Fernando Carro in an interview with the “Cologne City Gazette”. “There is a coaching market and it is our fundamental duty to know and have access to it,” said the CEO: “But we are sticking with Gerardo Seoane because we are convinced that the turning point will succeed with him. And not because we have no alternative.”
In his first year, the Swiss “proved that he is an excellent coach and leader”. And, according to Carro: “Individual results alone do not change anything about the quality of the coach.” Nevertheless, Seoane, who has lost six out of ten competitive games with his team, must deliver soon. Five points from seven Bundesliga games means 15th place in the German football league, the last time you were worse off at the same time in a season was 1982/83.
Carro went on to say that even more important than the consensus in last weekend’s analysis, “is that our shared stance and confidence translates into results in the upcoming games”. “This fall, we need signals that are as early and clear as possible for a return to stability and success. It doesn’t work without successes and points.”
Bayer Leverkusen’s Carro: “Fresh blood” would not have harmed competition in the squad
The admission of mistakes in the squad planning in the summer also mitigated the assessment of Carro. “In retrospect, however, you have to admit that a little fresh blood would not have harmed the competition in the squad.” The contracts of important players such as Florian Wirtz, Moussa Diaby and Patrik Schick have been extended. “However, we have not been able to free up funds through player sales to sign the number of players that we would have liked to bring in.”
Weiser, Hlozek & Co.: The most expensive additions to Bayer Leverkusen
The “Werkself” only signed two new players in the past transfer window, Adam Hlozek, who cost 13 million euros, and a loan from Chelsea, making them the club with the fewest summer signings in a league-wide comparison. In return, seven professionals left the club, but only a total of 8.5 million euros could be collected for and redemption. Bayer 04 had been associated with and among other things in recent months (on the TM rumor mill).
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