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Fans meeting with Carro and Rolfes: ‘Seeing you happy motivates us’

This fan meeting got off to a rather unexpected start. On Sunday afternoon, the Bayer 04 managing directors had just welcomed the fans present at the team hotel for the traditional get-together at the training camp when Fernando Carro’s phone rang. The CEO, glancing towards managing director sport Simon Rolfes with a smile, said: “We’ll just have to answer that quickly.” When asked by the fans what the call was actually about, the pair left it open with a wink. Instead, Carro and Rolfes then spent over an hour happily answering the fans’ many other questions.
Fan-Talk mit Carro und Rolfes

coffee and cake at the Team hotel

Around 100 fans gathered in the courtyard of the team hotel, the Spa & GolfResort Weimarer Land, for coffee and cake. In a relaxed atmosphere, Carro and Rolfes answered questions from the Bayer 04 supporters. Among other things, Carro spoke about his role as CEO of a football club: “This job is great fun. You’re on the move a lot, so you have very little free time. But ultimately, we do this job to make you, the fans, happy. That’s what motivates us. While the players are responsible for success on the pitch, we can increase the likelihood of success.”

Fan-Talk mit Carro und Rolfes

With Rolfes, the questions focused, amongst other things, on the targets for the new season. The managing director sport once again praised the conditions in the Weimarer Land region.

Selfies and Autographs 

To round off the meeting, a few fans took the floor once more to express their gratitude for the work carried out so far by the Bayer 04 managing directors and for winning the double in 2024. After loud applause and a few closing remarks, Carro and Rolfes then took time out to pose for selfies and sign autographs. The Bayer 04 managing directors finally bid farewell to the fans in glorious sunshine and with temperatures well over 20 degrees.

Carro

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