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Zuzenhausen (dpa / lsw) - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has expressed their trust in head coach Sebastian Hoeneß after a round that was as difficult as it was disappointing.

"The direction with which coach we go into the new season is completely clear and the club management decided unanimously: with Sebastian Hoeneß," said sports director Alexander Rosen in an interview with the "Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung" (Heidelberg / Thursday).

"He went through the many crises that had to be managed in a stable manner, communicates great with the boys, has an idea that we recently saw against Gladbach and Freiburg."

The Kraichgauer currently only occupy eleventh place in the Bundesliga and will miss out on taking part in international business this time. In his premiere season in the House of Lords, Hoeneß repeatedly had to struggle with injury problems and corona cases in the squad. The fact that 14 of the 18 Bundesliga clubs are expected to have a different head coach than on July 1, 2020 at the end of the season is “actually amazing”, according to Rosen.

According to Rosen, the dissatisfaction that fans express about Hoeneß in social networks “does not represent our curve, which is always true and which we have unfortunately not seen for far too long.

But it also does not represent the rest of our following ».

Regardless of this, everyone in the club is "self-critical enough and knows that we would not have been carried through the Kraichgau constantly jubilantly this season".

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Regarding personnel planning for the new season, the 42-year-old manager said: "Otherwise, we will try to skilfully slim down the squad for the coming season without international games."

The future of Andrej Kramaric and Florian Grillitsch, who are still contractually bound but coveted on the football market, is still open.

“You have to see if there is a concrete, lucrative offer that you need to think about.

This is currently not the case, "said Rosen about the Croatian World Cup second and Austrian national player.

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Rosen interview in the "Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung"

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