Dusseldorf - Giant in the euphoria after the second division promotion Fortuna. The big problem: The club is mighty damp, the gigantic expectations, however.
Düsseldorf that dreams of golden ages and the passage of football in the Bundesliga.
But for the necessary reinforcements Fortuna missing in the puny 4.5-million budget the funds. Sponsors met at the last minute, the DFL-edition of a two-million-euro guarantee to licensing.
As a new second division does not receive the Düsseldorf 4.5 million TV money, but because of the distribution only 3.7 million. And 30 percent of them go, rich 1.1 million (!) To Kölmel and his "sport" - only 2.6 million remain. In addition: The climb was really expensive.
Augsburg replaced when changing the negotiated lookup of 150,000 € for Axel Lawaree, Mainz for 130 000 Ranisav Jovanovic, added premiums come from about 300 000 €.
Makes a 580 000 €. In addition to increasing the salaries of all players (Melka, Lawaree, Christian, Hampel, Cakir) whose contracts extended through the second division comeback.
"We had some professionals, we wanted to make because of their salary already backed down," admitted coach Norbert Meier. As with Kaiserslautern's left-back Alexander Bugera (30), in which the claims were very pale in Düsseldorf ...
She is in charge will not be expeditiously more sponsors, can Fortuna transfers that enhance the quality of cadres, abschminken. This is short term with the millions of Daniel Jammer.
The entrepreneur wants to bring the four national Fransman, Cohen, Shechter and Zapata, and Lothar Matthäus install as a sports director. Fortune seems to have no choice if the passage is to be taken in the Bundesliga next season already addressed.
