Fredi Bobic will be the new strong man at Hertha BSC

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Formerly Hertha, in the future Hertha: Fredi Bobic

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Hertha BSC gets its dream manager.

Fredi Bobic is moving from Eintracht Frankfurt to Berlin within the Bundesliga.

Hertha announced this on Wednesday and thus put an end to the ongoing speculation about this explosive persona.

"We are very pleased to have won our dream candidate in Fredi Bobic and look forward to future successful cooperation," said President Werner Gegenbauer, commenting on the decision to appoint Bobic as Managing Director from June 1, 2021.

"I'm looking forward to being part of the Hertha family again from summer," said Bobic in the club announcement.

Bobic succeeds long-term manager Michael Preetz at Hertha, who had to vacate his post in January due to the major sporting crisis.

For Bobic it is a professional return to his place of residence.

Since his time as a Hertha striker from 2003 to 2005, he has lived with his family in the capital.

His former teammate and today's Hertha coach had already praised Bobic.

“I'm a Fredi fan.

He's a good boy, an honest boy, a really good person, ”Dardai said.

Together with the head of the management, Carsten Schmidt, Bobic will now manage the fortunes of the capital club and pursue the dream of the premier class in Berlin.

"After my decision to look for a new challenge, there were open and convincing discussions, especially with the President of Hertha BSC, Werner Gegenbauer," said Bobic.

In Frankfurt, Bobic had celebrated great success as a sports director and caused a sensation with various transfers from Luka Jovic to Ante Rebis.

The stay in the class with the then coach Niko Kovac was followed by a double entry into the cup final with the triumph in 2018 against FC Bayern (3: 1) at his former and future place of work in the Berlin Olympic Stadium.

Subsequently, the Frankfurt team caused a sensation internationally by reaching the semi-finals in the Europa League.

The Hessians are currently on track to qualify for the Champions League for the first time.

Nevertheless, Bobic is now hiring a current candidate for relegation, who has so far failed to achieve his ambitious goals with the three-digit million investments made by financier Lars Windhorst.

The Berliners don't get Bobic for free.

In the room there is a severance payment worth millions for Eintracht, with which the European champion from 1996 still had a contract until 2023.

Hertha Supervisory Board Jens Lehmann recently described the financial framework for the change as difficult.

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