Cologne - silence at Geißbockheim. Michael Meier was on Monday at the DFL in Frankfurt. In Cologne, meanwhile, the wheels stand still - until the newcomer finally comes. Meier announced a transfer stop!
"We will make no new signings, fixed until the new coach. We need the budget so he can implement his ideas. "
Approximately 5 million euro for the FC still available - plus the money, what is outrageously expensive compared to the duo of trainer Christoph Daum and Roland Koch approximately 3.3 million (per year savings) the new coach.
But who will that be? Still in the draw: Zvonimir Soldo (41) and Mirko Slomka (41). But both can be had - and they had long been able to strike would be a solution really überzeugt.Einen candidates, the Cologne-makers need to be removed from their list: Volker Finke (61) is not to have.
He would be a dream candidate of FC boss Wolfgang Overath been. He was schonmal agree with Finke! Because it did last year was Cologne coach Christoph Daum on the bounce. Finke would and should become the successor, sealed his coming with Overath and Co. with a handshake.
The longtime coach of SC Freiburg had even been contacted by players who made plans. Then Daum's failed negotiations with Fenerbahce - and thumb remained.
Finke hired at Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan, then signed a two-year contract. And exactly who was now the problem: The club refused to release the coach - finally, one is with his work continues to look very zufrieden.Der FC. And so the Cologne coach presentation always possible date forward. "It will take a little bit," says manager Meier.
This one, however, falls behind in the transfer market - after all others have to plan ahead. Karlsruhe's Stefano Celozzi-backs (20, cost around 2.5 million euros, for example) is at FC on the list are.
But neither has been officially approached by the consultant Dirk Hebel still at the KSC someone. Lever: "He is in several clubs on the list. And in Cologne, they have to clarify the coach erstmal question. "It's quite possible that the FC-makers in the wooing of the youngsters are going to be late.
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