“Don’t build castles in the air anymore”
Hertha BSC does not want to set any goals for the coming season after being relegated from the Bundesliga. “The sporting management can only announce a goal at the beginning of September, when we finally know what our squad looks like at the end of the transfer period,” said President Kay Bernstein.daily mirror“.
All in all, the former ultra, who will be in office for a year on June 26, emphasized: “We no longer want to build castles in the air and want to be bigger than we are.” The 42-year-old was elected president of the “Old Lady” last year . “Who knows what this descent is good for. A good house starts in the basement,” says Bernstein and continued: “You have to drain the basement first. This is the result of the madness of 2019 and 2020, when you wanted to get to the top very quickly in a short time.”
He emphasized that, among other things, the 374 million from former investor Lars Windhorst could have changed so much. “The worst thing is that you missed this chance.” The apparatus now has to be adapted to reality again. “A club that has done normal business can absorb relegation, at least for a year. But here the sporting failure meets a financial overload. The bad thing is: It’s about people,” said Bernstein, adding that many were already affected.
Fredi Bobic, from whom Hertha had separated as managing director at the end of January, “even inflated hertha instead of putting it on emergency operation and restructuring the content”.
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
Hertha BSC: Bernstein defends plans for a new stadium after relegation
Bernstein also defended plans for a new stadium after relegation. “In the here and now, the Olympic Stadium is great. When I think of the last home game against Bochum: what a fantastic atmosphere, what affection, what volume. But there is no alternative to Hertha’s own stadium in the future.”
Among other things, he listed the rent, as well as the fact that “we have to dismantle everything after every game so that we can rebuild it before the next game”. It remains to be seen what an expert report will say. “Because of the by-election, it will probably take a while.”
Relegated Hertha in 4th place: Visitor numbers in the Bundesliga 2022/23
18 Union Berlin | Stadium An der Alten Försterei | Average attendance: 21,888
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Capacity: 22,012
17 TSG Hoffenheim | PreZero Arena | Average attendance: 24,634
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Capacity: 30,150
16 VfL Bochum | Vonovia Ruhrstadion | Average attendance: 25,318
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Capacity: 26,000
15 VfL Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | Average attendance: 25,394
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Capacity: 30,000
14 FC Augsburg | WWK Arena | Viewer average: 28,015
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Capacity: 30,660
13 Bayer 04 | BayArena | Average attendance: 28,612
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Capacity: 30,210
12 Mainz 05 | Mewa Arena | Viewer average: 29,058
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Capacity: 33,305
11 SC Freiburg | Europa Park Stadium | Viewer average: 34,112
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Capacity: 34,700
10 Werder | Wohninvest-Weserstadion | Average attendance: 41,526
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Capacity: 42,100
9 RB Leipzig | Red Bull Arena | Average attendance: 45,643
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Capacity: 47,069
8 VfB Stuttgart | Mercedes-Benz Arena | Average attendance: 46,430
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Capacity: 60,449 (due to renovation work, the capacity is currently only 47,700)
7 1. FC Cologne | RheinEnergieStadion | Average attendance: 49,765
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Capacity: 50,000
6 E. Frankfurt | Deutsche Bank Park | Viewer average: 50,012
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Capacity: 51,500
5 Gladbach | Borussia Park | Average attendance: 52,438
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Capacity: 54,042
4 Hertha | Olympic Stadium Berlin | Average attendance: 53,652
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Capacity: 74,667
3 Schalke | Veltins Arena | Viewer average: 61,133
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Capacity: 62,271
2 FC Bayern | Allianz Arena | Viewer average: 75,006
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Capacity: 75,024
1 BVB | Signal Iduna Park | Average attendance: 81,228
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Capacity: 81,365
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