Despite being 14 points behind YB
The championship title is not a taboo subject for FCB
14 points behind leader YB, FC Basel started their race to catch up from 5th place. Club boss David Degen’s requirement is clear: Anything other than second place is not enough.
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5th place, which FCB currently occupies, is far too little. Coach Alex Frei also knows who, after the preparations, sees his team ready to catch up.
Sebastian WendellReporter football
Despite the freezing cold: FCB coach Alex Frei expects a hot game on Sunday at the start of the second half of the season in St. Gallen. “It’s going to be intense for both teams. St. Gallen will attack us early on, but we have defensive and offensive solutions ready.”
Must Frei and FCB too! Red-Blue cannot afford another winless series like at the beginning of the championship. Because President David Degen’s goal for the season is ambitious: 2nd place – everything else is not enough.
Financial reserves depleted
On the one hand, from a sporting point of view, but above all from a financial point of view, participation in the Champions League qualifier is a must for red-blue. How tense the situation is became clear once again this week: Instead of a “black zero” as originally announced by Degen, FCB ended the 2022 financial year with a loss of CHF 1.2 million. Despite the European Cup income (around 10 million) and the around 20 million that the departures Cabral and Edon Zhegrova brought in a year ago.
In addition, all reserves from the Heusler era have been used up. That’s why the fuss this week, when Degen and the other FCB board members first demanded a share in the loss coverage from the club members, but rowed back three days and a large portion of anger later.
Swiss goalie domino makes FCB box office ring
Yann Sommer to Bayern Munich, his successor at Gladbach will be fellow countryman Jonas Omlin. What also connects the main actors of the Bundesliga goalie dominos: Both made the leap abroad from FC Basel. It goes without saying that the rise of Sommer and Omlin is also well received by Red-Blue. Humanly, but also from a financial point of view. Basel also earns money from both transfers (Bayern and Gladbach each paid a good eight million francs): thanks to resale participations and in Sommer’s case also thanks to solidarity payments that training clubs receive when their former juniors are transferred. A total of around one million should flow into the FCB coffers. “For Yann, the move to Bayern is a great honor. We are happy for the two of them that Jonas, another ex-Basler, is succeeding him in Gladbach and we are happy to take note of it from a different perspective,” said FCB sporting director Heiko Vogel.
Yann Sommer to Bayern Munich, his successor at Gladbach will be fellow countryman Jonas Omlin. What also connects the main actors of the Bundesliga goalie dominos: Both made the leap abroad from FC Basel. It goes without saying that the rise of Sommer and Omlin is also well received by Red-Blue. Humanly, but also from a financial point of view. Basel also earns money from both transfers (Bayern and Gladbach each paid a good eight million francs): thanks to resale participations and in Sommer’s case also thanks to solidarity payments that training clubs receive when their former juniors are transferred. A total of around one million should flow into the FCB coffers. “For Yann, the move to Bayern is a great honor. We are happy for the two of them that Jonas, another ex-Basler, is succeeding him in Gladbach and we are happy to take note of it from a different perspective,” said FCB sporting director Heiko Vogel.
In order to keep the next pre-programmed minus as low as possible, the European Cup and player sales are also mandatory this year. Alex Frei, who is concerned about the tight financial situation of the club because of his long association with FCB, says: “David has every right to demand second place. But that doesn’t put any pressure on me or the coaching staff because we know how important that goal is. We made it clear to the players that we have to do everything we can to finish at least second.”
At least? In Red-Blue, do you still aim for the championship title despite being 5th and 14 points behind leader YB? In any case, it’s not a taboo subject, says Alex Frei: “I hope the other eight teams next to us also have the ambition to make life as difficult as possible for YB. Otherwise we can present YB with the championship trophy in January.” But one thing is also clear for Frei: If you don’t make any major mistakes in the capital, the title will go back to Bern after a year’s break.
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