Union and BVB bosses
From the point of view of Borussia Dortmund’s managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke and Union Berlin’s president Dirk Zingler, the plans for an investor to join the German Football League have not yet been optimally communicated. Watzke, who is also the head of the supervisory board of the DFL, and Zingler admitted this in a joint interview with the “world on Sunday” a.
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In it, Zingler also massively criticized the local Bundesliga rivals Hertha BSC, in which the company “777 Partners” joined as a new investor after Lars Windhorst left. “Unfortunately, we have the worst example on our doorstep in Berlin as far as investors in German football are concerned,” said Zingler. “It destroys the whole issue because it shows how things shouldn’t actually work. Football is becoming a commodity there.”
The US company wants to invest 100 million euros in Hertha. After the 2: 5 at FC Schalke 04 as the bottom of the table, the Berliners are acutely threatened with relegation and want to use the fresh money to reduce liabilities. The partnership with Windhorst ended after a good three years of misunderstandings. 375 million euros was spent without any sporting progress.
Löwen to Boëtius: All Hertha transfers under investor Windhorst
From expensive stars to free transfer veterans & perspective players …
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Hertha have brought in these players since Lars Windhorst joined in the summer of 2019
July 1, 2019 – Eduard Löwen | €7m from 1. FC Nürnberg
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Now at St. Louis CITY SC
July 1, 2019 – Marko Grujic | €2m loan fee from Liverpool FC
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Already played on loan at Hertha in 2018/19, then was loaned out again
Now at FC Porto
1.7.2019 – Dedryck Boyata | Free transfer from Celtic FC
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Now at Club Brugge
18.7.2019 – Daishawn Redan | €2.7m from Chelsea
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2024, on loan at FC Utrecht
08/01/2019 – Dodi Lukebakio | €20m from Watford FC
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2024
September 2, 2019 – Marius Wolf | €2 million rental fee from BVB
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Returned to BVB in 2020
1/1/2020 – Santiago Ascacíbar | €10m from VfB Stuttgart
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Now with the US Cremonese
27.1.2020 – Lucas Tousart | €25m from Olympique Lyon
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2025
30.1.2020 – Krzysztof Piatek | €24m from AC Milan
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2025, on loan from US Salernitana
January 31, 2020 – Matheus Cunha | €18m from RB Leipzig
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Now at Atlético Madrid
August 4, 2020 – Alexander Schvolow | €7m from SC Freiburg
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2025, on loan at FC Schalke 04
15.9.2020 – Jhon Cordoba | €15m from 1. FC Köln
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Now at FK Krasnodar
5.10.2020 – Omar Alderete | unknown fee from FC Basel
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2025, on loan at FC Getafe
5.10.2020 – Mattéo Guendouzi | €1m loan fee from Arsenal FC
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Now at Olympique Marseille
14.1.2021 – Deyovaisio Zeefuik | €4m from FC Groningen
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Unknown contract length at Hertha BSC
February 1, 2021 – Sami Khedira | Free transfer from Juventus
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Career ended in summer 2021
February 1, 2021 – Nemanja Radonjic | €0.25m loan fee from Marseille
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Now at Torino FC
1 July 2021 – Kevin Prince Boateng | Free transfer from AC Monza
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2023
July 1, 2021 – Suat Serdar | €8m from Schalke 04
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2026
July 27, 2021 – Stevan Jovetic | Free transfer from AS Monaco
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2023 with an option for another year
August 9, 2021 – Marco Richter | €7.1m from FC Augsburg
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2025
23.8.2021 – Ishak Belfodil | €0.5m from 1899 Hoffenheim
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Now at Al-Gharafa SC
August 26, 2021 – Oliver Christensen | €3m from Odense BK
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2026
August 27, 2021 – Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | €3m from Ajax
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Now at Royal Antwerp
August 31, 2021 – Mycians Maolida | €4m from OGC Nice
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2025
1/1/2022 – Fredrik André Bjørkan | Free transfer from Bodø/Glimt
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2026, on loan from Feyenoord
January 25, 2022 – Marc Oliver Kempf | €0.5m from VfB Stuttgart
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2026
29.1.2022 – Dong-jun Lee | €0.8m from Ulsan Hyundai
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2025
31.1.2022 – Kelian Nsona | €0.5m from SM Caen
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2026
May 31, 2022 – Filip Uremovic | Free transfer from Rubin Kazan
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2026
14.6.2022 – Jonjoe Kenny | Free transfer from Everton FC
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2025
07/02/2022 – Jessic Ngankam | €2m from Greuther Furth
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2025
Buyback clause after Fürth committed Ngankam on loan via a purchase option for €2m
5.7.2022 – Ivan Sunjic | Loan from Birmingham City
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2023
13.7.2022 – Chidera Ejuke | Loan from CSKA Moscow
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2023
July 30, 2022 – Wilfried Kanga | €5m from BSC Young Boys
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2026
08/08/2022 – Jean-Paul Boëtius | Free transfer from 1. FSV Mainz 05
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2025
08/31/2022 – Augustin Rogel | €400,000 from Estudiantes
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Contract with Hertha BSC until 2026
In the conversation, Watzke and Zingler defended the planned minority stake by an investor in the DFL and the hoped-for billions in revenue from the sale of part of the media rights. An investor would acquire a right that would expire after 20 years, Watzke explained. “He wouldn’t even get a permanent consideration,” said the BVB managing director.
Watzke and Zingler defend an investor’s entry into the DFL
Both officials emphasized that one cannot complain about the departure of stars from the league and at the same time criticize the entry of an investor. “Anyone who calls for stars like Haaland to be bought and kept must also know that revenue would then inevitably have to be increased and that this would probably also result in a significant increase in ticket prices, among other things,” said Watzke. “Everything would be much, much more expensive for the fans. Of course it is not possible to keep or buy international top stars and at the same time let the standing room ticket only cost eight euros.”
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