‘The best possible decision’: HSV icon rates Krüger highly! | OneFootball

Kathleen Krüger used her first days as HSV’s new board member for sport to introduce herself to the fans. In the process, she also sparked enthusiasm from a club icon.

With her memories of earlier visits to the Volksparkstadion and a small declaration of love for the former HSV anthem “Hamburg, meine Perle,” the 41-year-old apparently struck exactly the right chord with LLotto King Karl.

At her introductory press conference, Krüger spoke about her experiences as a visitor at the Volkspark when she was still working for Bayern Munich. “Before 2018, I regularly drove into the bus garage, but then turned right into the visitors’ dressing room instead of left,” she recalled. What stuck with her most was the atmosphere shortly before kickoff.

“During the warm-up, I could feel the atmosphere in the stadium,” Krüger said. “I remember the lifting platform being raised in front of the north stand. I even came back out of the dressing room just to witness it, because I thought it was something very special.”

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New HSV board member for sport has “good taste in music”

These remarks also reached HSV icon Lotto King Karl. The singer, who performed “Hamburg, meine Perle” before home matches at the Volkspark for many years, took the new board member for sport’s words very warmly.

“I’m happy that Kathleen Krüger still remembers our song. That’s high praise for us,” he told Bild. Although he has not yet met Krüger in person, he has already gained a positive impression of the new leading woman at the Volkspark.

Her reputation from her time in Munich in particular makes him optimistic. “Everything I’ve heard so far is that Krüger left behind many fans at Bayern,” the musician said. That leads him to a clear conclusion: “From the looks of it, HSV made the best possible decision in choosing her as Stefan Kuntz’s successor.” In closing, Lotto, whose real name is Gerrit Heesemann, added a tongue-in-cheek remark: “She’s already proven to have good taste in music.”

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