New director
Sturm joins the German champions!
The decision has been made! League leaders Sturm have landed a new technical director to replace Paul Pajduch, who has also left for Hoffenheim. Sporting director Michael Parensen has found what he was looking for in his native Germany, joining none other than champions Leverkusen.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen In mid-October, Paul Pajduch moved to TSG Hoffenheim together with his congenial partner Andreas Schicker. Since then, the position at the double winners has been vacant. The names Johnny Ertl and Tino Wawra were repeatedly mentioned as possible successors to Pajduch. But no domestic solution was found. Parensen's trusted man comes from Bayer Leverkusen, where he had most recently worked as a scout.
Sturm has now confirmed the deal with Leverkusen. The player in question is Benjamin Schunk. The 33-year-old German has worked at Leverkusen since 2018 - including in the scouting department - and most recently as an assistant in the scouting/squad planning department at the reigning German champions. Schunk will move to the Mur at the start of the new year and take up his position on January 1.
"We are extremely pleased that we have been able to recruit Benjamin Schunk as Technical Director for SK Sturm. He is a proven expert, can draw on a wealth of experience in scouting and squad planning and will be an asset to Sturm Graz. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Bayer 04 Leverkusen for making this transfer possible. Benjamin's main area of responsibility will be squad planning, but he will also support me in all aspects of day-to-day work. I am looking forward to the future cooperation and joint tasks that lie ahead of us," said Sturm sporting director Michael Parensen in the club's press release.
"I would like to thank Michael Parensen and those responsible at SK Sturm for the trust they have placed in me. The talks with Michael were extremely positive, we think soccer in a similar way and want to achieve a lot together. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone at the start of training and can hardly wait to get to work," says Benjamin Schunk.
This article has been automatically translated,
read the original article here.
Da dieser Artikel älter als 18 Monate ist, ist zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt kein Kommentieren mehr möglich.
Wir laden Sie ein, bei einer aktuelleren themenrelevanten Story mitzudiskutieren: Themenübersicht.
Bei Fragen können Sie sich gern an das Community-Team per Mail an forum@krone.at wenden.