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Fürth’s sports director Rachid Azzouzi is on the pitch for an interview before the start of the game. Photo: picture alliance / Daniel Karmann / dpa (Image: dpa)
(Foto: picture alliance / Daniel Karmann/dpa)
Fürth – Promotion to the Bundesliga was “vitally important” for SpVgg Greuther Fürth, according to sports director Rachid Azzouzi. And for economic reasons.
“The Corona would have made another year of the 2nd division financially a feat,” said the 51-year-old to the “kicker”.
From a sporting point of view, it is “a fairy tale” that the Swiss franc managed to get up in the past second division season with a budget that, according to Azzouzi, amounted to just under 8.5 million euros. After their first promotion to the Bundesliga in 2012, the people of Fürth could not prevent direct relegation.
This time it should succeed in competition with the big clubs with a mini budget of “around 16 million euros”, which Azzouzi called. They will not take major financial risks: “We are trying to keep the class with our healthy path.” Trainer Stefan Leitl enjoys the sports director’s “one hundred percent trust”.
Even in the case of relegation, the common path could continue «if we work sensibly». Everyone in Fürth must be clear that there could be three or four defeats in a row. “That is why we have to remain calm internally and instill patience. The goal is 35 points plus x. We have 34 match days for that, ”said Azzouzi.
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