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starting off with when I joined the club I think we chronologically. I joined the club 20 20 in end of January, beginning of February, the team then by then was button in the league with second most goals conceded, less gold scored and I took the job after a very successful spell at my MFF purely of the fact that one of my dreams I had like to get another tick on my underbox was to manage

in my homeland.

So because I managed in England, in Norway, where my wife come from, in Sweden, and now I had the opportunity

on the back of the results with MiamiFF to get into the Bundesliga league.

And at my age, and when you also see the recruitment process in German football

there is a lot of young coaches coming through

and el sets through academies through clubs where clubs can have a long look at them

and groom them a little bit in the way the club wants to go to come as an outsider

even when I'm a German to come from the outside back into German football

and get one of the 18 jobs.

That was a big temptation for me even when the Fortuna at the time was botan in the league and only 15 games to play.

It was only 15 games to play. So I took a chance because I wanted to fully feel feel my dream I saw potential and I also was a big part for

two Nas history is a is a traditional club as a with a rich history and has a fantastic stadium

with a fantastic crowd what I felt would be crucial for us to stay in the league, to make up the points.

So then we joined and we started off, everything went well and then Corona came.

So very, I only had two games or three games in the stadium with crowd after that I had since today

I'm only at games without the supporters.

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