Overview

• Media outlets report that former TSG Hoffenheim executive Peter Görlich is set to succeed Tom Herrich as Hertha’s managing director, though the club has not yet confirmed the appointment.
• Görlich is expected to form a dual leadership team with interim chief Ralf Huschen and may join this season’s transfer planning.
• His résumé includes leading sport and innovation at Hoffenheim and serving as managing director at SHR University Heidelberg.
• Observers note that Görlich lacks deep on-field sporting expertise compared with higher-profile candidates who declined the position.
• Hertha continues its front-office overhaul with the youth academy directorship still vacant and Rainer Widmayer as the frontrunner.