Interview with David Degen – “If someone from Basel came and wanted the club, my mission would be fulfilled”



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It is clear from Monday: David Degen wants to buy FCB, and Bernhard Burgener opposes despite contractual obligations. Now Degen breaks his silence and speaks exclusively to this newspaper.

David Degen, photographed on April 1, 2021 at St. Jakob Stadium.

David Degen, photographed on April 1, 2021 at St. Jakob Stadium.

Photo: Kostas Maros

David Degen really wants to do the interview on the bleachers at St. Jakob Park and get photographed there. But Roland Heri, CEO of FC Basel, did not want to allow David Degen to enter without the approval of the board of directors of FC Basel Holding AG, despite the fact that Degen himself is one of the members of the board of directors and still has the 10 percent of participation. shares the red-blue roof structure.

It shows that one is at least restless in the red-blue ranks. And when it comes to Bernhard Burgener’s CEO and right-hand man in day-to-day operations, you might even be annoyed that Degen didn’t clear the way for what the previous owner had in mind: a solution with Burgener, but without Epee. – because with a letterbox company and British investment firm Centricus.

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