Sports director Arne Friedrich will leave the Bundesliga soccer club Hertha BSC with immediate effect. As the troubled club announced on Monday evening, the 42-year-old was “agreed to end the cooperation prematurely“.
still Arne Friedrich announced in Februarynot to renew his expiring contract and to want to leave Hertha in the summer of 2022.
Influence “not sufficient anymore”
“We would like to thank Arne Friedrich very much for his energy and support over the past two and a half years“Commented Managing Director Sport Fredi Bobic on the decision on Monday evening on the club’s website. “In an open discussion, we have now jointly determined that, with a view to planning for the coming season, it makes more sense to end the collaboration now“.
Arne Friedrich was quoted as saying in the statement that they had gone through different challenges together. “I always had the feeling that I was fully trusted.” However, be with him in the past few months “I got the feeling that I no longer have enough influence on important sporting decisions to do justice to my duties as sporting director“, says Frederick. “Therefore, we have jointly decided to end the cooperation prematurely.”
Returned to Hertha under Klinsmann
Arne Friedrich returned to Hertha in November 2019 as a so-called performance manager under the then coach Jürgen Klinsmann. Between 2002 and 2010 he was active as a player and captain in the club.
Even after Klinsmann left, Friedrich stayed, initially became sports director and took over sole management of the sporting area in 2021 after Michael Preetz was dismissed, until Fredi Bobic joined the club in summer 2021.
Source: rbb