Farewell and Contract Extensions: SV Darmstadt 98’s End of Season Decisions

All Darmstadt professionals whose contracts are expiring will be officially farewelled on Sunday. But by no means all of them should actually work.

Has a lot to do in the summer as the new sports director of SV Darmtadt 98: Paul Fernie. IMAGO/Sven Simon

It will definitely be festive on Sunday afternoon at Darmstadt’s Böllenfalltor. On the schedule from 3:30 p.m. against TSG Hoffenheim (LIVE! on kicker) is not just the Lilies’ last Bundesliga home game. But also the farewell to those players who are no longer under contract with the relegated team for the coming season.

When shopping at the flower shop, President Rüdiger Fritsch offers a quantity discount; after all, there are 16 professionals to say goodbye to.

Specifically, this affects the previous loan players Bartol Franjic, Julian Justvan, Gerrit Holtmann, Luca Pfeiffer, Sebastian Polter and Tim Skarke. As well as those players whose working papers expire this summer, i.e. the goalkeepers Morten Behrens and Max Wendt, the defenders Jannik Müller, Thomas Isherwood and Emir Karic, the midfield veterans Klaus Gjasula and Fabian Schnellhardt as well as the attackers Mathias Honsak, Braydon Manu and Aaron Seydel.

In most cases, the separation can be overcome purely for sport

This overview suggests: On the club side, the purely sporting pain of saying goodbye should at least be limited for the majority of personnel. Skarke was the only one who would have been forced to sign on, with eight goals and two assists leading the internal top scorer and scorer list.

The chances of moving the 27-year-old away from Union Berlin are likely to be slim for the time being. Those responsible for the new sports director Paul Fernie would also have liked to talk to Honsak about an extension, despite the Austrian’s mixed Bundesliga record (one goal and one assist in 21 appearances). But Honsak has already used his freedom to transfer to Heidenheim and thus personally stay in the league. The rest of Darmstadt’s residents, who will soon be without a contract, are unlikely to be able to make such a comfortable transition.

Fernie first wanted to form a profound personal opinion

However, some people might be able to stay on Bölle. Because: Not everyone who is said goodbye on Sunday at the last opportunity in front of their home audience as a precaution should actually leave.

“We will talk about an extension with some players whose contracts are expiring,” explains Fernie. The fact that this hasn’t happened yet is simply due to the time factor: Fernie, who has only been in office for around four weeks, first wanted to get a profound personal opinion from everyone. And then have appropriate one-on-one discussions that have not yet been completed. Who Fernie and coach Torsten Lieberknecht would like to continue betting on remains speculation for outsiders for the time being. If a manager like Gjasula or a versatile defensive all-rounder like Jannik Müller were included, that would at least not be surprising.

2024-05-08 15:30:53
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