At first it seemed as if Hertha would sign a few more players on Deadline Day. But at the end of the day everything turned out differently.
A transfer loading bar in the social media of Bundesliga club Hertha BSC caused anger among fans on Deadline Day. The club hinted at a series of transfers – in the end almost nothing happened.
Only one player signed the Herthaner, after three season games in the table without points in last place, on Tuesday: striker Myziane Maolida from Nice. When this transfer was announced in the morning, the Hertha social media channels showed a “transfer ticker” loading bar that stood at 22 percent.
For the supporters of the capital club, a clear indication that several transfers should follow. The club had also used a similar “transfer bar” on the past Deadline Days, at that time there were also obligations from Matteo Geuendouzi (October 2020) and Sami Khedira (January 2021).
This time, however, the loading bar remained at 22 percent until the transfer closed in Germany at 6 p.m. It only jumped to 86 percent and finally to 100 percent late in the evening when Javairo Dilrosun (loan to Bordeaux) and Daishawn Redan (loan to Zwolle) were given up. Hertha could no longer present new signings, among other things a loan from Samu Castillejo from AC Milan failed.
Hertha BSC is ridiculed on Deadline Day: “bitter own goal”
That caused mockery and ridicule, the club did not get off well in the media. She spoke of a “bitter own goal” Berliner Morgenpost, the taz constituted “understandable disappointment, frustration and anger”. On too Twitter the followers were pissed off. “Can only be a really bad prank from Hertha”, “Why create memes when your club is a meme in itself?” or “Hertha now with a drop from 22 to 86 percent in the transfer ticker. Don’t dare to go to bed” are just a few examples.
Sports director Arne Friedrich said late in the evening: “Not everything we set out to do we could do in the end.” According to information from the image In the lack of consultation between manager Fredi Bobic and the communication department of the association. The latter is said to have arbitrarily set the 22 percent in the first transfer bar.
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