In 2006, both clubs were still at the top of their leagues, stood for refreshing offensive football and even met in the Champions League …
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Now FC Barcelona and SV Werder Bremen are sinking into chaos. The problems are identical: Stars gone, debts and Zoff in the club management.
Werder is the mini barça of the north!
While the Catalans had to let Lionel Messi (34 / Paris) go due to their enormous financial misery, the top departures from relegated Bremen are less well-known – but numerous.
Manager Frank Baumann (45) hawked four (!) Regular players with Maxi Eggestein, Josh Sargent, Ludwig Augustinsson and Yuya Osako in the last two weeks alone – and despite fresh income (estimated 23 million euros) did not bring in a new one.
Werder achieved 70 million less income through Corona and the 2nd league. Werder avoided bankruptcy only through player sales (a total of around 34 million), a bond (17 million) and a bank loan (20 million). A point deduction is no longer an issue.
Photo: WITTERS
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Finance boss Klaus Filbry (54) warns: “Another year in front of half an audience is not feasible. We will not be able to do it.”
Barça now has 1.3 billion euros in debt. No wonder that the criticism of long-time boss Josep Maria Bartomeu (responsible for Messi’s 138 million mega salary) is huge. Like at Werder …
Fans called for the hapless Baumann to be kicked out. Even ex-colleagues are now attacking him. Nelson Valdez at Sport1: “He’s stuck to his chair.”
Record player and BILD columnist Dieter Burdenski: “We urgently need personnel changes. Werder will only be better off with new people in these key positions. “
The Mini-Barça des Nordens …
► The Bremen fans hope against Karlsruher SC today (1.30 p.m., here at Liveticker) on the sporting turnaround. Most recently, relegated Werder went down against SC Paderborn with 1: 4 (0: 3) and after three matchdays are only four points behind surprise table leader Jahn Regensburg.
In addition, there was the bitter end in the first round of the DFB Cup at third division Osnabrück (0: 2). It is high time that things are going better again, at least on the pitch …
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