Three success factors according to Heidel
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FSV Mainz 05 was not only the winner of the 25th game day in the upper third of the table, the Rheinhessen have also been viewed by far the strongest Bundesliga team for the past few weeks. While professionals such as Nadiem Amiri, Dominik Kohr or Paul Nebel nine game days before the end of the season, the goal of Europe and is already being discussed in the transfer market community about corresponding squad planning, sports director Christian Heidel explained the success factors of the 05er.
The Mainz has been unbeaten since February and the series of four wins in a row had the eleven of coach Bo Henriksen in the table to third place and thus climb into the Champions League ranks. The lead in fifth place is three points, the one in seventh ranking on the first not reaching for European business. Accordingly, the FSV professionals were correspondingly self-confident after the youngest threesome against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
“I am firmly convinced that we will achieve something good at the end of the season. We are in third place nine games before the end. If you play here and don’t want to stand there in the end, you have no business here, ”attested Amiri, who is currently one of the top scorers in the ranks of the Mainz. Team colleague Nebel confirmed: “I want to win games, the team wants to win games. We want to stay where we are up to date and do not lose any games. In the end you have to see what it is enough for. ” And Kohr made it clear with a view to the ambitions: “We belong to how we play football up there.”
With one of the lowest squad values in the league, the team is on course to run the best Bundesliga result of the club history. So far, this has dated the 2010/11 season when Thomas Tuchel took fifth place after 34 match days. Trainer Bo Henriksen also allowed himself to dream of higher tasks last week and said in the course of the carnival festivities: “The many thousands of people on the side of the road … What would be going on if we were playing with Mainz Champions League here!”
Mainz 05 in Europe? TM community discusses the planning of the squad
What would be going on, there is a lot of discussion in the transfer market forums these days. “In the event of cases X that we make it to Europe (Champions League or Europa League), it might be a good model to get two to three borrowing with a purchase option,” user writes “Zerofiver1905” and continues with a reasonable squad depth: “Then you are flexible, have more players for the possible triple burden, but in the season if you shouldn’t play again in European Cader. “
TM-user “Nurfussball”, on the other hand, thinks with a view to the squad planning: “Buying players with a ‘extended trial period’ always sounds good at first. But you rarely get the real desired players. And on the nice potential advantages of borrowing, there are also potential disadvantages when looking at a thorough view. Such things are more likely to be discussed on individual cases, since the market does not have that a receiving association unilaterally sets the conditions. ”
User “Mainz11” also brings a return from Brajan Gruda in the forum: “If it is actually enough for a European ticket, I don’t find the idea of returning to Brajan so stupid. Unfortunately, he doesn’t play a role in England and was not even in the squad anymore. I would not even find a loan over two years with a purchase option unrealistic and with regard to a triple burden, we would have to expand the squad in width. ” User “Tobias18071992” says: “A loan okay, but please no purchase option. Please do not misunderstand. Gruda wanted to take his step. But we don’t need a back coating. Then we have the same game as then when he wanted to go. Gruda would also have to accept salary. “
Heidel about Mainz euphoria: “Home games this season will all be sold out”
Only six clubs spent more on the transfer market than Mainz 05 (10.6 million) in the current season. The Henriksen team increased its squad value by a whopping 25 percent compared to September 2024, only Heidenheim and St. Pauli made a greater increase in value. “The secret of success is a lot of work, passion and self -confidence,” sports director Niko Bungert recently asked about the sporting high -altitude flight of the Mainz. Board Christian Heidel continued in an interview with the “Bild” newspaper on Monday and defined three decisive success factors.
“First, and that’s the basis for everything – we have a very good team! On the one hand, it has football class, but also the necessary passion that you need for special achievements. The mix between experienced and young players is right. Second, we have a top coach that fits this group. A year ago I was zero zero thoughts about what would develop from it and be after the 34th matchday – I just wanted to keep the league somehow. However, I had a very good feeling at BO after four or five weeks. Third, the outstanding climate that we have – in the team, in the club, in the city and now also throughout the region, also plays a very big role. The euphoria is of course huge, the rest of the home games this season will all be sold out – I’m sure of that. ”
When asked about the Mainz European dreams, Heidel was rather covered. With an average table rank of 8.3, Mainz has the most third -weight remaining program in the league comparison, and must also be against Freiburg, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Leverkusen and Bavaria.
When asked where it will go in this season, Heidel replied: “We will see that. Of course, players and fans are now dreaming of Europe, and they are allowed to do that too. But we therefore do not change anything in our approach, do not spend the Champions League as an official goal. We have lost only one of the last seven games, the previous politics brought us to third place – so why should we change something about it? We start playing for the game very down -to -earth and always want to win! “