First appearance of GC boss Jackson: ‘What the Chinese are doing is insane’

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Do you know the name of the chairman of the WG? We’re here to help: Matt Jackson, 51 years old. He previously looked after the loan players of GC partner club Wolverhampton.

“Excuse me, we were extremely busy!” This is how the Englishman begins his first public appearance, more than two months after taking office. It was about completing the team. And that under difficult circumstances. “We don’t have a scouting system,” Jackson reveals, “we had to rely on our contacts, on input, on video study.”

Okay, but that doesn’t stop us from bringing Swissness, who was announced in the spring, into the team, more players with recognition value. Instead, professionals from nine countries were recruited: Australians, Latvians and Estonians.

Bernt Haas (45), sports director and expert on the Swiss market, gives the answer. He would have liked to bring former classification professionals Michael Lang and Fabio Daprelà to campus, but that was not allowed. Haas, who sits next to Jackson, says: “The requirement was free transfer players. The Swiss market hardly offers that.”

Saved a million

For a long time, Haas did not know what budget the club was using for the current season, hence the late transfers. President Jackson added, “We have saved a million francs in labor costs.”

Anyway. On the other hand, that is just a drop in the ocean if you take the approximately R14 million in losses that GC uses as a benchmark season after season. At the expense of the Chinese owners. “I admire her. “But from the outside it’s crazy,” says Jackson. And about the Chinese sales plans: “We are open to all options. At the same time I feel the full support of the owners.”

Fuss about alleged short holiday

In addition to Jackson and Haas, coach Bruno Berner (45) is also present. There has been a lot of fuss about him lately because he allegedly sent his players on holiday for four days during the national team’s break. And due to a short trip with his wife, the planned test match against FC Aarau was canceled, according to “Nau.ch”.

As a reminder, before the national team break, the ranking lost 1:2 to the promoted Lausanne-Ouchy. It was a declaration of football bankruptcy. «No heart, no passion. I feel bad,” was Berner’s comment on the match, but there were still four days off. The wrong signal?

The coach: “We didn’t go on holiday. The training plan is my competency. Everyone worked individually during the national team break.” Berner explains that there was no test match due to sick and injured players. And that classification had to participate in the Cup in Sion on Friday. “We tried to postpone the cup match.” I’m sorry, what? It had been clear for weeks that classification had to play in Sion on Friday…

The question remains what will happen to the rankings after three consecutive league defeats and the cup-out. Blick wants to know from Berner what the quality of the team is. Answer: “Right now we are not in a position to determine a game. The key is to focus on the collective, on good defense – and strike when the opponent gives us the chance.”

Modest. Still, Berner says, “I don’t just feel like GC is still a big brand. GC is still a big brand.”

Source : Blick