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Daniel Farke lets Norwich City dream of rising
26.02.2019 12:37
In the shadow of Jürgen Klopp, another German coach in Denmark is making a splash with Daniel Farke. Born in East Westphalia, Norwich City is currently writing a small football fairy tale and knocking on the door to the Premier League thanks to plenty of Bundesliga know-how.

No. Perpetuated on a wall like the likeness of Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool, Daniel Farke is not in Norwich. At least not yet. But the hype about the whiz-starter from East Westphalia and his "Team Bundesliga" from the county of Norfolk in the east of England is growing from week to week.

An entire region dreams of promotion to the Premier League. And Farke, the architect of the football fairy tale? He stays cool.

"We are quite relaxed," said the coach of Norwich City in the "SID" interview and described himself and his team, despite the 15 points ahead of the first non-play-off place as "outsiders." But it is clear: We are greedy and want to reach the maximum ".

In addition to greed, the 42-year-old has returned the Canaries ("canaries") above all the faith. Three years after their last descent from the House of Lords, they dream of the good old days on Carrow Road. Of games against Klopp Liverpool or Pep Guardiolas Manchester City.

"The promotion to the Premier League would be a sensation," says Farke. Currently you have "the feeling that the canaries are really flying and if we should rise at the end of the season, then there is a week-long green-yellow party."

"All the Germans! So many Germans!"
Farke is following in the footsteps of David Wagner, who made the climb in 2017 with Huddersfield as the only German coach to date in England. The parallels are striking: Wagner had previously coached Dortmund's Bundesliga reserve and then handed the baton to Farke.

Norwich City can look back on difficult years. It was not until Farke took over the scepter at the traditional club in the summer of 2017 that things started to climb again. In the shadow of Klopp's great successes, the former top league scorer in the east of England has since provided for a new "German wave".

Eight professionals with German citizenship now play for Norwich, plus several other players with Bundesliga experience. The fans like the seal of quality "Made in Germany", they sing in the style of a Blur song: "All the Germans! So many Germans!"

Farke, however, does not attach any importance to the nationality of its actors. "The quality of the players is important, the passport does not matter at all," he says. It is crucial that "the boys identify completely with the club and our way of playing." Of course German players sometimes talk shop talked in their mother tongue, but basically only English is spoken on the training ground and in the cabin. "

Forgotten in Germany, celebrated on the island
The path from Norwich to Farke is amazing. While the top teams in the Premier League are losing billions, City has generated more than 60 million euros in transfer surplus in the last 18 months.

So Farke steered the German Right Wing Onel Hernández of Eintracht Braunschweig or attacker Dennis Srbeny of SC Paderborn for little money on the island. "We have no choice," says Farke: "Our owners are very down to earth and do not throw money around." Crucial in scouting new players is "quality, character and affordability".

The concept works. Forgotten players such as Moritz Leitner, Marco Stiepermann, Hernandez, Christoph Zimmermann, Srbeny and Tom Trybull are suddenly among the top performers. Former Schalke-based Teemu Pukki from Finland leads the scorers list in the English Championship with 23 goals.

Posted By: Bungle, Feb 26, 13:18:08