supervisory board: Mr. Baumann, what is you still driving at Werder?

Frank Baumann has not yet made a decision on whether he wants to extend his contract at the SV Welder Bremen on the end of the season. The 46-year-old speaks of a prolonged process in which he is still there — because it was not with it to sit down once, walk once and then one is clear. However, this was no different with his two previous contract extensions in Bremen.

• We want to get back more
• Job outside soccer?

After Baumann had started the job as a sports chief in mid-2016, he first signed a new contract prematurely in 2018 — and then once a year ago, for only one season, all aware. The SV Welder stood in the meantime the pandemie-shifted prescribed supervisory board elections. According to the Bundesliga descent in the past season, a new committee set up in September, which had recorded his work in October.

One can assume that several discussions are led until the decision falls.

Frank Baumann

With special observation, let alone on probation, Baumann does not see: It does not feel different from me than in the last five years with the previous Supervisory Board. The exchange is very confidently and with regard to a possible contract extension it will run as in a normal employee meeting, in which you get feedback, according to the Bremen sports chief: About what is, what was — and what is going to come above all, One can assume that several discussions are led until the decision falls.

We want to get back more

But what is Baumann still driving in his job at Welder? Benefits the club by this difficult phase — financially, sporty and infrastructural. We want to come back more. And now it is now about being strategically deposited to go healthy in the future. This task is not yet fulfilled, explained the 46-year-old, that would not meet the current situation, and he stressed, I am still very ambitious.

When with a decision in the Personalism Baumann be expected, you do not want to set yourself at Welder, not even on a deadline at the end of January. Other things in personal life planning has the ex-professional by then at all on the list: First, there is that I want to make my current job with everything I have.

Job outside soccer?

However, what Baumann could exclude is that I would change directly from Welder to another club — if his time ends in Bremen. First, I will take a break from at least one year, similar to I've already done that according to my professional career end and in 2015. Also, there it was quite imaginable that I take over a job outside of football.

In the supervisory board interview of the Monday edition (already available digital as Magazine), Frank Baumann also speaks about an annual change with symbol character, the Welder Crisis Management in the case Markus start — and he reveals a secret meeting with coach Ole Werner.