"Well, I put the phone aside last week"

After a chaotic week with the resignation of the sporting director Marco Streller, FC Basel starts the preparation of the season. What do players think of the current situation? Valentin Stocker and Ricky Van Wolfswinkel provide information.

With the victory of the Cup and only one defeat in the second half of FC Basel, the Spring has created a challenge in the spring for the Young Boys: with the Bebbi, it is again expected for the new season. The surprise was all the greater as there had been a big bang in Basel just a few days before the start of the season: on Friday, Marco Streller resigned immediately from his position as sports director because "two or three things I can not accept have arrived. "

What exactly does this mean, the CBF will not betray at Tuesday's press conference. However, it is obvious that Streller wanted to change coach and did not get the green light from President Burgener. Burgener only says that Marcel Koller has never received a notice.

The Bebbi must now look for a new sports director – as soon as possible. After all, the transfer time is the most important moment for a sports director. Until further notice, the tasks will be assumed by a working group led by the Director General, Roland Heri.

"The atmosphere in the team is great"

These are chaotic days through which the management of the FCB passes. How did you live the players who stayed on vacation until Monday? "I just heard the most important point: that Streller left, what else was reported, I did not catch," says Ricky Van Wolfswinkel at Teleclub. "I had good relationship with Marco and I'm not happy he's not here anymore. "

Valentin Stocker also said that in recent days, he had first had to inform the latest status at the CBF. "Of course, I saw what was happening, but I deliberately put my phone aside and I just turned it off," Stocker said. "I think I did everything right," laughs the winger, who does not seem to worry about the retirement of his close confidant Streller.

He now wants to focus on his own tasks, says Stocker: "As a player, we can not really influence the decisions that have fallen, but we can influence our performance in the field, and that's why it's important that we we had a good preparation and we could continue leaving aside. "

The coach will certainly remain the same as at the end of last season. Marcel Koller won the power struggle against Streller and will lead the FCB next season. "I think the president just wants the best for the club," said Van Wolfswinkel. For the Dutch striker, it is no longer "difficult" to cope with the situation. "We just have to play football, just what happens in the club is not in our hands."

And how was the atmosphere in the team during the first training after the summer holidays and chaotic days? "Very good," says Van Wolfswinkel, "we all had a good holiday and it's a pleasure to see our colleagues again and start training." Words that do not appear as if the team was waiting for a new coach to start training.