Union manager Oliver Ruhnert ensures planning security early on (archive image) Photo: picture alliance / augenklick/Sebastian El-Saqqa /
From BZ/dpa
Oliver Ruhnert played a key role in the success of 1. FC Union Berlin. The managing director would also find a job at the DFB attractive, but criticized the association in an interview.
Managing Director Oliver Ruhnert from 1. FC Union Berlin can also imagine working for the German Football Association. When asked in the interview “World on Sunday”When asked whether a job at the DFB would appeal to him, Ruhnert replied: “Of course I can imagine that. It would even be fun for me to tackle certain things, because the DFB has no decision-makers.” The 51-year-old added: “If we had it here at Union like the DFB, we would still be talking about getting Max Kruse today or not.”
The managing director of the capital club, which was surprisingly strong this season, praised the DFB President Bernd Neuendorf, but criticized the association in general: “As far as the DFB itself is concerned, there are too many amateurs at work for me,” said Ruhnert. “The DFB has initiated processes regarding the training of youngsters and coaches, which are a thorn in my side. From my point of view, they are completely crazy and are going in the wrong direction.”
The 51-year-old sees the basis for success at Union in sticking to the club’s own values. “We do our thing,” said Ruhnert, emphasizing that little has changed in the fundamentals of the work in recent years. “Overall, however, we have grown as a club and have adapted to the changed conditions,” said Ruhnert, who has repeatedly managed to score with good transfers in the past.
His focus is currently on Union, he emphasized. After the 3-1 win against Ajax Amsterdam on Thursday evening, the Berliners are in the round of 16 of the Europa League and are challenged this Sunday (5.30 p.m. / DAZN) in the top Bundesliga game at FC Bayern Munich.