FC Carl Zeiss Jena: Talents go, the pressure grows on the club!

FC Carl Zeiss Jena: Talents go, the pressure grows on the club!

Jena, Deutschland - FC Carl Zeiss Jena faces a challenging transfer summer that has already started with painful exits from talents. Sports chief Patrick Versa has announced that one cannot rule out a further departure of a promising home. An attractive offer for a talent is available and Jena is unsure how to deal with it. The regional league has produced many successful players in the past, which makes the loss of current talents particularly difficult.

Khalid Abu El Haija has already been handed over to the U23 of the 1st FC Nürnberg, while Antonio Jozanovic switched to Borussia Mönchengladbach. Both transfers not only brought training compensation to the FCC, but also promised possible additional income. Nevertheless, concern for the loss of young talents gnaws at the club. For the sporting future, it is the declared goal to set up an advanced squad until the 2025/26 season.

The meaning of talents

The young Carl Zeiss Jena junior academy enjoys an excellent reputation that extends far beyond the region's borders. Many young players made the leap into professional football here. More and more clubs are showing interest in the talents from Jena, which also reinforces the challenges for the association in the current transfer window. A comprehensive talent promotion program, as is also offered by the DFB with the DFB talent promotion program, is of great importance for the individual development of these players. The aim is that every talent gets the chance to be discovered and promoted.

The DFB program combines the youth work of the clubs with powerful training centers. Over 14,000 talented players of the best learning age are viewed and encouraged in around 339 bases in Germany. The funding that takes place up to the U15 for boys and U16 for girls offers additional training that is fully focused on improving individual skills. This systematic talent promotion ensures that it is not only about the technical training, but also about a generation of creative and playful players.

The loss of talents like Abu El Haija and Jozanovic shows how important good youth work is today. For FC Carl Zeiss Jena, it remains a challenge to find the balance between the departure of his best players and to build a strong squad for future goals of the season. thuringia24 reports on the current situation, during the Official website of the FCC more information on young talent.

The next few weeks will be crucial to see which steps the club takes to emerge from the current situation and ultimately to close the gap that arose from the exits of the talent.