Why Hertha Berlin Could Prove to Be Bundesliga Dark Horses Next Season

Despite a stuttering campaign last season which saw four different managers take charge of Hertha Berlin, the team from the west of Germany’s capital enjoyed a brief revival following the resumption of the Bundesliga post COVID-19 lockdown. Under new manager Bruno Labbadia, Hertha returned to action by winning three and drawing one of their first four Bundesliga matches before eventually dropping off the pace.

Whilst playing some exciting attacking football along the way, the Berlin side missed out on European football next term by just 8 points despite a dismal start to their league campaign. Spending just shy of £100 million over the past year in order to bolster their playing squad and with rumours of more spending on the horizon, next season could Hertha Berlin once again qualify for European football?

Spending £70 million in the winter transfer window at the beginning of 2020, Hertha Berlin have already begun to build expectation for their proposed return to European football in the near future. Despite many thinking in January that Hertha paid over the odds for their incoming players, there’s structure to the investment in their squad.

The four players brought to the Olympiastadion over the winter break have an average age of just 22 meaning Die Alte Dame have invested heavily in the long term. The Bundesliga side will either keep these players for the foreseeable future, improving their squad drastically in the short term or they’ll potentially make profit from these signings over the next few seasons.