According to sports director Schmidt
Mainz 05 already have five deals for the coming season with the free transfers of Danny da Costa (28), Anthony Caci (24) and Aymen Barkok (24) as well as long-term loan players Marcus Ingvartsen (26) and Delano Burgzorg (23). fixed. If sports director Martin Schmidt has his way, planning for the new season is far from over. “We’ll add two or three other positions,” announced the Swiss after the surprising 3-1 win over FC Bayern (quoted via “table football“).
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With 25 players, Mainz currently has the smallest squad in the league, in which Arminia Bielefeld has the same number. Schmidt named the offensive area as the main post, “to become more variable and expand development”. A look at the TM rumor mill shows that the FSV has recently been repeatedly associated with attackers. Names like Khaled Narey (27; Düsseldorf), Jordan Robinand (18; Strasbourg), Linton Maina (22; Hanover) and Philipp Hofmann (29; KSC) can be found there. However, the latter two are said to have already opted for other clubs.
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According to Schmidt, the goal is to form a “strong team” in which there is competition “everywhere”. “Then we can prepare for an exciting next season. You’ve already seen what’s at the core of this team,” said the sporting director. After the success against the German record champions, the club is in ninth place with 42 points two games before the end of the season, but can still be overtaken by Eintracht Frankfurt on Monday evening. The gap to the European Cup places is twelve points.
The fact that it wasn’t enough to take part in international business, Schmidt noted, was that “we weren’t quite ready for that”. But: “If the development with Bo (Svensson; ed.) continues like this and we always show this mentality, then maybe there could be more in it for us in the future,” said Schmidt. FSV was last seen internationally in the 2016/17 season, when the Europa League ended in the group stage.
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