“Yes, you know how to proceed”
Despite the good start in the 2nd Bundesliga and a contract that appears to be expiring, Fortuna Düsseldorf initially does not want to hold any talks with coach Daniel Thioune. The reason for this is a clause that virtually guarantees the 48-year-old’s whereabouts. According to information from theRheinische Post“The contract will be automatically extended if Fortuna achieves at least ninth place this season. Sports director Klaus Allofs indirectly confirmed this to the newspaper.
“We know how things will continue, Daniel is not on the market, we have secured that with the clause,” said the 65-year-old. You always talk, but with the background that “everything has been clarified first”, you would let everything come to you. A required single-digit place in the table seems realistic, as a look at the most recent sporting performance shows: Since 2009, Fortuna has managed at least ninth place six times in ten second division seasons. Allofs is basically very satisfied with Thioune, who has been in office since February and has been on the sidelines in 22 games since then. On average, he scored 1.86 points, which is the best value for a head coach in Fortuna history. “We still want to take a lot of steps together. That’s the plan,” emphasized Allofs. He continued: “We believe in each other, there should be no doubt about that. We’re both ambitious. We look forward to what is to come.”
First of all, the duel with Hamburger SV is on the program on Saturday evening (8:30 p.m.). “We have to take our chances. HSV can look forward to Fortuna with a lot of self-confidence. We need an aggressive balance when it comes to winning the ball,” said Thioune, HSV coach himself in the 2020/21 season, at the press conference before the game. “Of course it’s a special performance for me. Then it might feel good to get three points. But they’re worth the same as in other games,” he stressed. Meanwhile, Thioune has “no outstanding accounts” with his former club. He made it clear that he had “left Hamburg on good terms”.
Duo at the top: Most valuable players in the 2nd Bundesliga
15 Robin Hack | Arminia Bielefeld | Market value: €2 million
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Status: After the end of the summer transfer phase 2022
15 Oscar Wilhelmsson | Darmstadt 98 | Market value: €2 million
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15 Sebastian Thill | Hansa Rostock | Market value: €2 million
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15 Guilherme Ramos | Arminia Bielefeld | Market value: €2 million
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15 Mats Moeller Daehli | 1. FC Nuremberg | Market value: €2 million
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15 Sebastian Schonlau | Hamburger SV | Market value: €2 million
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15 Moritz Heyer | Hamburger SV | Market value: €2 million
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15 William Mikelbrencis | Hamburger SV | Market value: €2 million
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15 Tim Kleindienst | 1 FC Heidenheim | Market value: €2 million
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15 Branimir Hrgota | Greuther Furth | Market value: €2 million
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15 Philip Tietz | Darmstadt 98 | Market value: €2 million
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15 Jackson Irvine | FC St Pauli | Market value: €2 million
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15 Lino Tempelmann | 1. FC Nuremberg | Market value: €2 million
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15 Andrés Andrade | Arminia Bielefeld | Market value: €2 million
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15 Marco Meyerhöfer | Greuther Furth | Market value: €2 million
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15 Patrick Pfeiffer | Darmstadt 98 | Market value: €2 million
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14 Jean-Luc Dompé | Hamburger SV | Market value: €2.2 million
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13 David Nemeth | FC St Pauli | Market value: €2.3 million
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12 Sonny Kittel | Hamburger SV | Market value: €2.4 million
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9 Michael Karbownik | Fortune Dusseldorf | Market value: €2.5 million
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9 Mark John | Greuther Furth | Market value: €2.5 million
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9 Robert Glatzel | Hamburger SV | Market value: €2.5 million
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8 Tim Breithaupt | Karlsruhe SC | Market value: €2.8 million
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3 Laszlo Benes | Hamburger SV | Market value: €3 million
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3 George Bello | Arminia Bielefeld | Market value: €3 million
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3 Maximilian Beier | Hanover 96 | Market value: €3 million
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3 Eric Shuranov | 1. FC Nuremberg | Market value: €3 million
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3 Ludovit Rice | Hamburger SV | Market value: €3 million
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1 Masaya Okugawa | Arminia Bielefeld | Market value: €5 million
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1 Mario Vuskovic | Hamburger SV | Market value: €5 million
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