Hangover at Hertha BSC: The three bankruptcies on the pitch were followed by a total of eight more at the negotiating table. Only returnee Tolga Cigerci (30) found his way from Ankaragücü to Berlin – a meager record. The ‘BZ’ provides background information on Hertha’s transfer debacle.
According to the regional newspaper, President Kay Bernstein had moved the operational center for the transfer final sprint from the Olympic Park to his agency’s office. Apparently, the club boss wanted to actively help shape the squad planning, previously in the hands of the now dismissed sports manager Fredi Bobic.
777 involved
In addition to Bernstein, the newly appointed sports director Benjamin Weber and his assistant Andreas Neuendorf, the future owners of the 777 Group also want to participate in Hertha’s transfer activities, according to ‘BZ’. An inscrutable distribution of competences.
If Hertha had not acted so unluckily on the market, such conditions would probably not have been critically questioned. The fact is, however, that the old lady dealt with (at least) eight personal details in the final phase, but pulled one blank after the other.
Cancellations & missing approvals
There was no agreement with winger Gauthier Hein (26/AJ Auxerre), Maximilian Philipp (28/VfL Wolfsburg) was snatched away by league rivals Werder Bremen. His Wolfsburg colleague Josuha Guilavogui (32), long courted by VfB Stuttgart, was not released, nor was attacker Theo Bongonda (27/FC Cadiz) and midfielder Kerem Demirbay (29/Bayer Leverkusen).
Offensive Selim Amallah (26) preferred a transfer to the Spanish first division club Real Valladolid and defensive giant Jannik Vestergaard (30 / Leicester City) also rejected a loan to the federal capital. According to ‘BZ’, central defenders Márton Dárdai (20) and Papé Cissé (27/Olympiacos Piraeus) were also being swapped out, but this plan fell through due to the doubts of the coaching team.
