SV Werder Bremen: Baumann pushes transfer surplus

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After returning to the Bundesliga, manager Frank Baumann expects a difficult season for Werder Bremen. Mainly because the traditional club has significantly less financial resources than many of its competitors. “Even if Schalke and Werder are not typical climbers by name, they will initially be the small ones in the league – at least as far as our budget is concerned. We will have a salary budget that puts us in a relegation zone,” said the 46-year-old from “Sport Bild”.

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According to media reports, the budget should be between 27 and 30 million euros. “I don’t comment on sums. We want to achieve a transfer surplus of a mid-single-digit million amount in order to further advance the consolidation. That’s why it’s important for us in the new season to stay in the 1st division,” Baumann continued. With Niklas Stark (27), Amos Pieper (24) and Dikeni Salifou (18), Werder had signed three professionals for the new season free of charge. The transfer brings in the sale of Maik Nawrocki (for 1.5 million to Legia Warsaw). The club last had a negative balance on the transfer market in the summer of 2019.

Baumann’s goal is to develop the club in the cut-throat Bundesliga competition so that it re-establishes itself. When he is 50 at the latest, he wants to stop and take a break. “Until then, it is my aim to position the club so well in terms of sport and economy that I can hand over my position to my successor with a clear conscience.”