Holzer: Semifinals as valuable as the Champions League

Eintracht has been on everyone's lips since the coup against Barcelona in the Europa League quarter-finals. "Eintracht Frankfurt's perception has changed internationally," reports supervisory board head Philip Holzer.

Among other things, this signal to the former board of the investment bank Goldman Sachs the numerous congratulations that he received from the USA and South America. A blatant outsider in the title fight are now no longer-and possibly only three games removed from their first champions League participation.

According to Holzer, according to Holzer, it is prohibited from "already having respect for the upcoming opponent West Ham and the current competition". However, it would also be independent of this in Holzer's eyes to make any reaching of the premier class to the measure of all things. Because: For Eintracht, it is "more important than the one-time effect of a Champions League participation in continuously lifting our income to a higher level in the long term". And that is exactly what a regular Europa League start is the ideal basis.

income that can be planned in the long term thanks to the UEFA

Holzer's argument: "The reaching of the semi-finals with five wins and five draws is of great importance for our position in the UEFA-Zehnjahr class. Because a victory in the Europa League counts as much as a victory in the Champions League. And from this uefa- Coefficients ranking can be made for long -term revenue for our association. "

Undergraded from our perspective, a semi-finals in the Europa League is as valuable as the move into the Champions League group phase. " And: "Three years ago we stood in the semi -finals of the Europa League, now again. If someone offers me to be back in the semi -finals of this competition in three years, I immediately sign it."

If someone offers me to be back in the semi -finals of this competition in three years, I sign it immediately.

Philip Holzer

But we would also take part in the Conference League, "emphasizes Holzer. "If you look at the semi -finals with AS Rome, Olympique Marseille, Leicester City and Feyenoord Rotterdam - this is pure tradition. Permanent champions League participants. "

Was Finanzfachmann Holzer also says about the need for transfer proceeds this summer, how he assesses the development of other business areas of Eintracht, how he thinks about a Bundesliga investor based on Spanish model and why he believes in a long-term future of 50+1, read, read In a big interview in the Montag edition of the champions League - of course also as an emagazine.