Hurzeler: I identify with Albion's philosophy

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The German respects the way the club will operate in the transfer market.

Charlie Hanson

2024-07-04T06:00:00Z

Fabian Hurzeler won 36 of his 55 games in charge of St. Pauli.

Fabian Hurzeler has said he has full confidence in the club’s transfer model and philosophy.

Alexis Mac Allister, Moises Caicedo and Marc Cucurella all proved themselves in the Premier League with Albion before moving on for a club profit.

“I completely identify with this philosophy,” Hurzeler said. “Paul Barber mentioned it’s part of the business. We have a very good squad and I think it’s normal that when you achieve big things there might be interest from other clubs.

“But I’m completely convinced that if important players leave, new players will replace them. I had the same at St. Pauli. After six months we had a huge run with a lot of success. Three of my most important players left because they wanted a new challenge. That’s normal in this business.

“As a coach you have to accept that. The first option is that you can complain or you can continue and work with the new players and that’s the option I choose.”

While Fabian expects to be a part of the recruitment process, he trusts the club to lead on recruitment.

“I think it’s like a very respectful togetherness. The club, Tony and his team will look at the data and then I will look more at the football in a specific way and see if he will fit with us and at the top is the character of the player, which is very important for us. If everything fits together, we decide he can be part of our squad.”