Keller: This has not been my transfer policy, but our

It was a turning point for John Regensburg: A week ago, the longtime sole managing director Christian Keller was adopted, the club has been restructured with a separation of responsibilities: Philip Hamster is responsible for the financial area, for sporting affairs Roger Still was recovered.

The decision to distribute the responsibility on several shoulders, but fell not only with the announced departure of the basement — but already in late autumn 2019 on an annual strategy meeting. We were unanimous that we need to go to a solution with two managing directors, Keller said in an interview with longtime sole (Monday edition). This restructuring in the basement for more no place looked — an area wanted or just could not be limited. You can not, for that I know myself well enough. I knew I was the other purely talking about when he does not fill his job as I please. And already at that time drew basement for the consequences, So I have to go in this situation, everything else would not be fair.

Football is a team sport in which the are greater than the ego.

Christian Keller

Especially Keller leaves an ordered field. When he assumed office, he found an SSV John, who was perceived as a side note in the city and the region — as a bad also. Keller made in the club to work, turning all from right to left. And thus heralded the turnaround model: He (SSV John; d. Red) is again who, in the city as in the East Bavarian region, he has a broad social bases, which is essential for the club development.

Contributed to this change also has the intelligent transfer policy under the basement, for which he reaped from the competitors respect. But he does not want to attach only take the credit the success: That s not been my transfer policy, but ours, Keller states unequivocally clear. Sometimes, eight men involved from the Scouts to over the coaching staff seven were in a change was, Keller said. That he was taken as a managing director in the event of a failure in the duty and just was the one who has stalled as the main person responsible head, is absolutely understandable. But if successful, I just want to move on, that this is a team effort.

Keller sees personality as a decisive factor in a transfer of

On the whole, Keller and his team demonstrated a knack for the transfers. Here was particularly important whether the player and personally fit to the team: For me, the power factors engineering, physique, tactics and personality of the last of the all decisive, Keller described his philosophy. Even if it is sometimes forgotten: Football is a team sport in which the are greater than the ego.

Christian Keller is thrown from the Regensburg players into the air. Picture alliance / DPA

Now Keller has left the common we in Regensburg. It was a farewell, how it it could have been better not wish, Keller said of the emotional scenes after the 3: 0 win at FC Ingolstadt, when he was thrown from the team before the fans in the air. Keller will remain faithful to the football, so much it has become clear during cycling. The area I leave open, even if the scale is more inclined to sports enthusiasts, said the 42-year-old. Two factors are driving him in his job search to: may I have to make a contribution to develop something and improve, and can make the people around me have to reputable.

As a knockout criterion would be the basement but if a club would not confess to the 50 + 1 rule. My football socialization was and is that clubs are something for the people at their site and not for a few investors. And even if it already — understandably — he is speculation about his potential new employers signed yet nowhere: That is correct, he said, but in November announced a decision on. Then it is for him batteries fill up: In January and February I travel probably more abroad.

The entire interview can be read in the latest edition Monday or magazine here. This Christian Keller says, among other things about the limit of John Regensburg and how far he still sees the SSV from Optimum removed why soft factors a locational advantage offer — but also about his own miscalculations.