When Schicker leaves

Do champions Sturm now have to completely reorganize themselves?

After the Champions League in Klagenfurt and ahead of Sunday's Bundesliga match against Salzburg in Graz, all the talk around Austrian soccer champions Sturm is about sporting director Andi Schicker. An analysis including pros and cons in the Hoffenheim case. And what is coach Ilzer actually doing?

When the "Krone" confronted Sturm coach Christian Ilzer in Klagenfurt after the 0:1 in the Champions League against Brugge with the rumor of sporting director Andi Schicker's departure to Hoffenheim, Ilzer blocked it out immediately after the final whistle, slightly irritated. "I'm not the Andi Schicker!" Followed up with a smile: "But maybe Andi will be sitting at the next press conference anyway."