It remains to be seen whether he will ultimately come to us.
However: What other choice does he have than to give such an interview? St. Pauli is in the middle of a promotion battle. Especially since the lack of an extension is currently only his fault, Pauli has been ready for weeks/months. I wouldn’t put too much stock in this statement.
That has just as much value as our commitment to Kovac.
Especially since this alleged exit clause is only a pretext. Both St. Pauli and Hürzeler should know that a departure would certainly be possible even without AK if a bigger club came knocking.
If Hürzeler is promoted with Pauli, a change of club makes 0.0 sense, no matter how the season goes with Pauli in the upper house, he will still be a hot coaching candidate even if Pauli is relegated the following year.
If Pauli doesn’t get promoted, then I could imagine a change.
If he switches away from his promotion team without necessity and then fails in Wolfsburg, for example, that will be much worse for him than if he doesn’t manage to stay in the league with Pauli.
In addition, you have to look at the coaching situation in the Bundesliga: (now only the top teams) That shouldn’t be underestimated either.
Bayern: unclear what will happen to Tuchel, if they don’t win the title, they would certainly like to bring in Alonso
Leverkusen: the probability that Alonso will be gone in the summer has increased significantly again due to the end of the Klopp era at Liverpool. Alonso as a coach at the club where he matured into a world-class player? Very possible, alternatively perhaps Bavaria?
And if Alonso leaves, who will follow Alonso? For me there are 3 realistic coaches, it said today and they are Nagelsmann and Hürzeler, who have a similar financial situation compared to Wolfsburg, but a club that is better managed in terms of sport and the Champions League (which is enough attractive to even be with one Pauli ascent to take this step) and Hoeneß.
Dortmund: Here, too, a change of coach could possibly take place in the summer, if nothing happens internally. As a solution, I would also mention the name Nagelsmann as the first candidate and possibly Hoeneß as the second, I don’t think that Dortmund would take Hürzeler as coach today, but say never never.
Stuttgart: I have no idea how the season will end and I have even less idea how realistic it is whether Hoeneß will move or not, otherwise he would of course also be a candidate, both at Dortmund and at Leverkusen. It’s also not clear to me who could follow Hoeneß, but I don’t see Hürzeler either, as the risk of flopping is extremely high, depending on what happens there in the summer. Ideally, Hoeneß will stay there for at least another year and harvest the fruits of this season himself.
Leipzig: I don’t think they’re doing anything.