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Berlin (dpa) - Despite the continued acute risk of relegation, Hertha BSC is optimistic about the future in the Bundesliga.
"We have a traditional club that is willing to change and with financial resources that Hertha BSC has never known before," said Carsten Schmidt, head of the Berlin management, in an interview published on Wednesday by the industry magazine "Horizont": "It will become Become a story: We want to initiate the biggest race to catch up that German and perhaps international football has ever seen and lead it to success.
Anyone who goes the way with us now and counts on Hertha BSC will be part of this success story. "
Thanks to the millions invested by financier Lars Windhorst, the club has good economic prerequisites for a sporting upswing.
“We will work out the strategy for the next five years by the end of the season.
A common plan for a sportily and economically successful future.
We want to work our way up to the first third of the table, ”said Schmidt.
"That doesn't sound humble enough for some."
But other clubs also managed to break free after a crisis and fight to the top.
“Our ambition is for this club to represent the city throughout Germany, but also internationally in the future, at best as a rule, not as an exception,” emphasized Schmidt.
Berlin longs to be "in the front row when it comes to sport," said Schmidt.
Before the game in Dortmund on Saturday, Hertha is only table-15.
and stands two points before the relegation zone.
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