FC Carl Zeiss Jena invites its members to an extraordinary general meeting for March 5. Among other things, the entry into a new shareholder is spoken: Jenarena GmbH, led by Lars Eberlein, pays 50,000 euros to the Belgian Investor Roland Duchatelet and thus takes half of its shares.
We need a strong president and a managing director who serves the association, not the shareholders.
Lars Eberlein
After the acquisition, the FCC will create new structures: “We need a strong president and a managing director who serves the association, not the shareholders,” says Eberlein. He wanted to create a story, “which we can tell and with which we can carry the sponsors”. In the end, according to the investor, it arrives at the region: “If she wants third-league ball, then she has to pay him”.
The investor is not unknown in the city and are already involved in the construction of the new stadium. Furthermore, he led the Basketballer Science City Jena twice to the Bundesliga.
Ex-professional citizen becomes sporting director in NLZ
In addition to the entry into the shareholder, the “Future Concept” is presented at the assembly: The members strongest club Thuringia wants to put more on their own youth. For this, the former Schalke-Profi Hennig citizens return to Jena. The 99-fold Bundesliga player will be athletic leaders of the junior power center from 1 July.