WERDER.DE: What’s the focus of your attention during your visit?
Clemens Fritz: “The Zillertal trip is perfect for me to gather useful information in just a few days. You can see all elements of a Bundesliga team here. One on hand, for me it’s about picking up useful insights into training and on the other hand, a few important sponsors are here, with which we’re organising workshops. In that regard, it’s about the aims of the company in every sense and planning for the future.”
WERDER.DE: How are your finding your new role as a trainee?
Clemens Fritz: “The switch from player to trainee wasn’t too difficult for me, which a lot of people predicted would be the case. I was always told: ‘You have to get up much earlier’ and ‘the working hours are so much longer’. That is indeed the case, but there are so many versatile and exciting insights which I’ll get. I’ve been away with the scouts a lot and I’ve been faced with the internal restructuring. Frank Baumann gave me a lot of insight into this area. There were a lot of things that were completely new for me, but also questions which I have a clear opinion about, because I didn’t just come to this club yesterday.”