“Krone” reporter Valentin Snobe writes in his column “Am Ball” about Salzburg’s victory in the Champions League and a moment of shock.
Salzburg’s most talented youngsters have been an integral part of Europe-wide, wild transfer speculations for years. Think back to media capers around Diadie Samassekou, Erling Haaland and, more recently, Patson Daka.
Also this year, with Karim Adeyemi, a jewel is an indispensable ingredient in the autumn rumor mill. Born in Bavaria, he was never written to the great FC Bayern Munich, Liverpool or Barcelona.
A local TV broadcaster took it for granted yesterday that, due to the continued success, the time for Christoph Freund was ripe for the big jump. Before the kick-off it said on ServusTV that the Salzburg sports director was not present in the stadium. Background: The bull veteran is facing an exit. Wow!
There were actually rumors that the Pinzgauer could take over the vacant position at sister club RB Leipzig. Now the goodbye seemed sealed. However, when the press office asked “Krone”, the real reason was quickly uncovered. Friend is at home, as a Corona contact person he is not allowed to go to the stadium. So no change. ServusTV, Red Bull’s home and yard broadcaster, also recognized that it was probably a real communication problem, but at least apologized for the misinformation after the final whistle.
While in the madhouse Wals-Siezenheim, where the sport director’s shock had gone unnoticed, the jubilation orgy was only really picking up speed. With Wolfsburg, Salzburg defeated another team from Europe’s top 5 leagues in the premier class. The stars, i.e. the ascent, are within reach.
Little Salzburg is about to rise, big Leipzig is about to leave. It is conceivable that the topic of friend will come up again.