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Borussia Dortmund’s club boss Hans-Joachim Watzke has questioned the form of his unconditional commitment to coach Edin Terzic at the start of the season. “I don’t know if I would say it like that again,” said the 64-year-old on the “Bild Sport” program on “Welt TV” about his statement: “We will be following the path of Edin Terzic for the next few years. Period, out.”
He was surprised “that such a wave was made of it. My credibility was questioned, it’s all nonsense. I am convinced that Edin Terzic is an excellent coach. I expressed that. No more and no less”. It is clear that “at some point the future will come to an end. I also know that football is a results sport. If you lose 15 times it will be difficult”. So far, in his second BVB engagement as head coach, Terzic has averaged 1.95 from 73 games – only Thomas Tuchel and Lucien Favre have had a better average since 2000.
The fact that BVB was unable to shape a new one with a different coach after the end of the Jürgen Klopp era was “not a BVB-specific problem. I also don’t have the feeling that any era has emerged at Bayern after Guardiola. We won’t have the really long epochs anymore anyway. I think Edin is already the third longest-serving coach out of 18 Bundesliga coaches, and that says something.” In fact, four coaches in the top German league have currently been in office longer than Terzic.
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The addition of ex-professionals Nuri Şahin and Sven Bender as assistant coaches is anything but a disempowerment of the coach, especially since it was his wish. “This is a sign of intelligence and strength,” says Watzke: “Only people who can do something get people who can do something. People who are unsure get some kind of plum.”
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Watzke, also chairman of the supervisory board of the German Football League, will soon present it to its investor. “I think that we will definitely have a result this season,” he also explained: “Whether that is on March 15th. or 15.4. will be, is not that important for me. What is crucial is that you can see during the pre-selection that we have achieved what we wanted to achieve. Maybe a little more, without going into detail.”
The DFL reduced the number of applicants from the initial five to the two companies “Blackstone” and “CVC” in a unanimous decision by the executive committee. A financial investor is expected to pay one billion euros for a percentage share of the TV revenue. The contract should have a maximum term of 20 years. In any case, “both partners guarantee that they will remain completely within the red lines we have defined,” says Watzke.
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He showed understanding for the fan protests in recent weeks, but criticized the form. “When there is a protest, it is sometimes unpleasant, but it is legitimate. But we still have to work a bit on how to deal with it,” said the 64-year-old: “Democratic discourse is desired. But if you constantly hear ‘Shit DFL’ or alternately ‘Shit DFB’, then that’s a bit low-key for me. The active fan scene also needs to know that it only represents a certain current within a club and should never have such an absolutist claim.”
Watzke currently gave the Bundesliga as a product a B+. “That’s a decent grade. “My parents would often have been happy if I had brought them home,” he said with a laugh. To improve, we need a German champion other than FC Bayern. “But what is more important is that there is a championship fight. We had that last year and you will have that this year too.”
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