WWhile many professionals are out and about with their national teams, there is only one topic in Bremen: Will Werder save themselves in the second division? The background to the lively discussion about the quality of the green and white vintage 2020 is the weak transfer record of Frank Baumann, the managing director of Sport. Davy Klaassen gone, Johannes Eggestein gone, Milot Rashica still there: Baumann explained his approach, and as is so often the case with Werder, it all sounded understandable and honest. “Our financial situation is still very challenging,” said Baumann and made it clear that the austerity course was necessary in times of the pandemic. The income from the sale of Klaassen to Ajax Amsterdam was insufficient at all to cover the effects of the crisis.
If you see the bigger picture, the one in which the departures Kevin Vogt, Nuri Sahin, Philipp Bargfrede appear as well as the large amount of money that Werder had to pay for Ömer Toprak and Leonardo Bittencourt (purchase obligation after loan), the Bremen team is actually quite naked : financially emaciated, weak squad. When Marko Grujic said that he didn’t have the prospect in Bremen, that he would rather go from Liverpool to FC Porto, where the Champions League beckons, it seemed like a blow to many fans.
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