technical director
After the resignation of Max Eberl due to illness, Borussia Mönchengladbach wants to spread responsibility in the sporting area across several shoulders. So reports the “image“-Zeitung, which names a concrete candidate for the newly created post of technical director. According to information from the newspaper, ex-Gladbach professional Hubert Fournier is the favorite for the job.
Fournier played for the “foals” between 1996 and 1998 and founded the squad of the French at Borussia. Since then, with the newest representative Kouadio Koné, there have been seven other professionals from the neighboring country (to the overview of all French players at Borussia Mönchengladbach). Ex-Lyon coach Fournier has been the director of the French Football Association since 2017.
The club wants to take its time to look for a successor to Eberl, who, exhausted and in tears, announced his retirement from football on January 28, as Vice President Rainer Bonhof recently explained. The long-time Gladbacher Eberl, who has been sports director of VfL since 2008, said when he left: “I have to go out, I just have to see the world. I don’t want to have anything to do with this football anymore.”
With the most expensive purchases and sales: Manager Eberl’s biggest deals in Gladbach
From 2009 to January 2022, Max Eberl was responsible for Gladbach’s transfers…
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The most notable deals of this time are summarized here in the gallery.
Marko Marin – In the club until 2009
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Sold to Werder Bremen (since 2005 in the Gladbach youth team) for €8.2m
Marco Reus – At the club from 2009 to 2012
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Bought from RW Ahlen for €1m, sold to Borussia Dortmund for €17.1m
Oscar Wendt – In the club from 2011 to 2021
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Came on a free transfer from Copenhagen, one of 18 players in Gladbach’s history with at least 300 appearances.
Granit Xhaka – At the club from 2012 to 2016
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Bought from FC Basel for €8.5m, sold to Arsenal for €45m (Most expensive sale in Gladbach history)
Álvaro Domínguez – At the club from 2012 to 2016
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Bought for €10m, Eberl’s first eight-figure transfer, Domínguez ended his career at Gladbach.
Luuk de Jong – At the club from 2012 to 2014
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Bought from Enschede for €12m, sold to Eindhoven for €7m (incl. rental fee) (at the time most expensive signing in Gladbach history)
Max Kruse – In the club from 2013 to 2015
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Bought for €2.5m. from Freiburg, sold to VfL Wolfsburg for €12m
Marc-André ter Stegen – In the club until 2014
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Sold for €12m to FC Barcelona (in the Gladbach youth team since 1996)
Yann Sommer – in the club since 2014
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Bought from FC Basel for €9m
Lars Stindl – In the club since 2015
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Bought by Hannover 96 for €3m (highest market value at Gladbach: €18m)
Mahmoud Dahoud – At the club until 2017
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Sold to Borussia Dortmund for €12m (in the Gladbach youth team since 2010)
Fabian Johnson – At the club from 2014 to 2020
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Came on a free transfer from Hoffenheim (highest market value at Gladbach: €7m)
Jannik Vestergaard – At the club from 2016 to 2018
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Bought from Werder Bremen for €12.5m, sold to Southampton FC for €25m
Michaël Cuisance – At the club from 2017 to 2019
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Bought by AS Nancy for €250,000, sold to FC Bayern for €8m
Christoph Kramer – In the club since 2016
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Bought by Bayer Leverkusen for €15m
Matthias Ginter – In the club from 2017 to 2022
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Bought from BVB for €17m, Gladbach will leave on a free transfer in the summer at the latest
Thorgan Hazard – At the club from 2014 to 2019
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Bought for €8m (+1.5m loan fee) from Chelsea FC, sold to Borussia Dortmund for €25.5m
Alassane Plea – With the club since 2018
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Bought for €23m by OGC Nice (most expensive purchase and most valuable acquisition in Gladbach history)
Stefan Lainer – In the club since 2019
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Bought by Red Bull Salzburg in 2019 for €12.5m
Denis Zakaria – With the club from 2017 to 2022
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Bought from BSC Young Boys for €12m, Gladbach will be leaving on a free transfer in the summer at the latest
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