When Thomas Brendel took up his post, he sweetened the start of the week for the office staff. Crumble cake was served to mark the debut of the new Managing Director of Sport at third-division soccer club Dynamo Dresden. At his presentation on Tuesday, the 48-year-old left it open as to whether he would also give new coach Thomas Stamm a gift in the form of a player of his choice.
Brendel has plenty of experience in soccer. Most recently, he worked at FSV Frankfurt for seven years. There he was a player, including at Kickers Offenbach, a coach, including at Borussia Fulda, and sports director. When his application and a job interview at Dynamo leaked out, he was immediately released by FSV. "Then I was in waiting mode". Until the acceptance came.
Of course, at a highly inopportune time. At the end of May, the first masses are usually sung regarding new, especially athletically attractive players. The season, which again ended without a promotion happy ending, also meant that Dynamo had to let some players go who they actually wanted to keep, as supervisory board member Jens Hieckmann openly admitted. It is obvious that the committee, which has to appoint the sporting director, is not entirely innocent of the situation. After all, they had already agreed in January to dismiss Brendel's predecessor Ralf Becker, which happened in March. It was only weeks later that the tender was announced and the selection process was also associated with unpleasant background noise.
