12 June 2024 - 1:25 PM
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VfB Stuttgart | Rouven Kasper, the former FC Bayern Munich President Asia, who was appointed to the executive team at VfB Stuttgart three years ago
Interview: VfB Stuttgart executive urges financial independence from player sales
- The executive team at VfB Stuttgart received a surprising gift a few weeks ago when Champions League qualification was secured. However, it doesn’t mean that "The Swabians" will splash the cash in this summer's transfer market.
- Stuttgart have always managed to sell their star talents for big money, but in the past, these cash flows were often spent on new players.
- Why it matters: Stuttgart surprised quite a few by finishing runners-up in this year’s Bundesliga, just 12 months after narrowly escaping another relegation.
- The perspective: How do you define basic income in a football club? Do you aim for financially sustainable numbers even without any transfer income, or do you accept smaller- or even medium-sized deficits which should then be covered by player sales?
Sometimes, you just need to take a look at a club’s former players, and then you'll promptly understand the size of the club. If we were to use this method to examine VfB Stuttgart, most people with a football heart would probably smile a little just thinking about some of these players:
Dieter Hoeness, Jürgen Klinsmann, Guido Buchwald, Matthias Sammer, Krasimir Balakov, Giovane Elber, Fredi Bobic, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Cacau, Ve
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