From BZ/dpa
Hertha BSC has not yet set a goal for the season in the 2nd division. “Who knows what this descent is good for,” says President Kay Bernstein. He settles accounts once again with those who were previously responsible.
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 of the “Tagesspiegel” (Saturday).
All in all, the former Ultra, who will be in office for a year on June 26th, emphasized: “We no longer want to build castles in the air and be bigger than we are.”
“Who knows what this descent is good for”
The 42-year-old Bernstein was elected President of Hertha last year. “Who knows what this descent is good for. A good house starts in the basement,” he said in the interview: “You have to drain the basement first. This is the result of the madness in 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.
Bobic even inflated Hertha“
“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”.
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.”