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... about Austria Wien’s fans: ‘What I want to end up with is for Austria Wien to be the club for everyone. In other words, for our subscribers, who are very important - for families - for businesspeople who buy our lodges and business seats - and of course the “Ultras” are also part of it. But it must be a community and I hope that we can make this happen soon. We should end up giving opponents the feeling that they are safe in our stadium.’
... about the financial situation: ‘It is serious and relatively tight. This means that if we want to have a chance to invest properly, we must (...) either gain new sources of money (...) or change something in the squad to save money (...)Sometimes I’m out and about in my hometown “Favoriten” and on every corner they ask me, 'What are you going to do, who are you going to get for the team during the winter, to make us better and what will happen in the summer?' It's hard to understand and that is why we're trying to communicate that things are pretty tight in that area.’
... about a possible new main sponsor in the winter: ‘At the moment, we have not found what we're looking for. But this is one example where we try to gain something. The main sponsor is an issue, but we won’t go that far during the winter.’
... about possible cooperations: ‘I noticed that there is interest in the German market, to enter into cooperations and partnerships, perhaps also to find associations, which concerning the athletic area. (...) On the one hand, these possibilities of cooperation could of course be in the athletic area - we are constantly working on that - but it could also be economically interesting to join forces.’
… on the current squad: ‘I think the squad may not be well balanced and maybe not as I would like to imagine. And we will work on that in the next transfer periods. We have too few young players who want to pursue a career with the club and who have the quality to be able to do so or maybe want to take the next step here. (...) And then we need some guys who keep it running, who know the club, who know how to handle positive situations, and also know what it means to go through a difficult phase. And I think we have a lot of players with us, who are in their best football age right now, or maybe a bit older. And that's the group I really do not want to have. (...) The character study of the team still tells me that these are all guys who are perfectly fine. But the mix is not optimal.’
... about exits during the winter: ‘We are not going through the dressing rooms to issue letters that they should come to our office because we want to discuss something. (...) Normally, players approach us and ask for more game time (...) On the other hand we will not chase anyone out - that is not our style. Anyone who knows Austria Wien - it has always been and will continue to do so in the future - knows that all the contracts we have will be respected. And we try to deal with a difficult situation as normally as possible.’
... about a possible exit of Christoph Monschein: ‘There are loose requests and there is also information that he is being watched. But there is no offer on the table. (...) During a transfer, he would have to actively approach me. We do not have to sell a player. (...) If he says he wants to stay, I'm super happy with the situation and glad to have a scorer. And when he says he sees his opportunity elsewhere and he wants to do that, then we will discuss it. But I will not actively approach him and say, 'We are moving through half of Europe trying to sell you.’ We are a long way from that.’
... about possible new hires: ‘It's definitely about development. We will not do anything just because we are a few points behind and think we must move up to the first six in those four rounds. We do what is appropriate for our vision.’
... about the need for athletic success: ‘Now it's time to set up the athletic area for the fans to be satisfied and for the stadium to fill up again, because that's why we built it. If we stay in the area we are in now, we would not have had to build the stadium, and we might not even be in this situation.’
... about Austria Wien’s expectations: ‘We only won six championship titles in the last 30 years - including 1991, ‘92 and ‘93, where I was still a player. That's not a success story. That means a lot has not been going well for a long period of time. And what we want is to have a streak again. Not that we will be champions again three times in a row, but for us to play internationally as well, which is not to be taken for granted. I also think some expectations are a bit difficult to classify and we try to steer them in a realistic direction.’
... about a possible cancellation of the winter training camp: ‘We went over the budget and simply cut a few things in advance and removed them from the budget. The training camps of both professional teams are included in this. There is also the big Christmas party. When summed up, a decent amount of money comes out. (...) That does not mean that we are not looking for flexible solutions for a training camp. But the fact that we are looking for the best possible and most expensive training camp is definitely not the case this season.’
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Ausgabe KW 49/2019 |
Erstellt am 05.12.2019 |
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Bundesliga
17. Runde, 08.12.2019, 17:00, Auswärtsderby
18. Runde, 15.12.2019, 14:30, Austria Wien – Wolfsberger AC
2. Liga
Winterpause
Frauen-Bundesliga
Winterpause