“Respectively towards the employer”
Trainer attacks his own player after changing
08.05.2025 – 12:42 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Maximilian Krauss will change the club for the coming season. The time of the announcement annoys his trainer – who is now sharply concerned by his professional.
Shortly before the highly explosive duel around the relegation place between Energie Cottbus and Hansa Rostock, a personnel causes unrest among the Lausitzers. Maximilian Krauss will no longer appear for Cottbus – which has to do with his upcoming departure.
Coach Claus-Dieter Wollitz stroked the offensive player out of the squad a few days before the game. The background is a change – to the upcoming opponent. Krauss signed a contract with Hansa Rostock on Monday.
Wollitz clearly commented on the decision of his player. For him, the time is “disrespectful to the employer Energie Cottbus. I find it disrespectful towards the fellow players”. In a personal conversation, Krauss confirmed the signature and declared that he was already united with Hansa weeks ago. This is fundamentally legitimate for the trainer, but he bothered the type of communication.
Krauss moved to Cottbus in February 2024. “It was also a very big hack,” complained Wollitz, but emphasized that the player was subsequently “raised to another level”. In fact, with eight goals of the season, Krauss had a large part in the fact that the club was on a direct promotion place for a long time.
Krauss, who was usually only substituted, also always got the full bonus for an assignment – actually not common for players who do not run from the beginning. However, this money was paid to him “out of the deepest conviction” and because of his high value for the team. However, Wollitz has noticed a significant drop in performance in the player since the 24th matchday. In his opinion, the decision to switch to Hansa was made in this phase.
Wollitz also critically commented on a scene from the 24th matchday. According to his information in the game against Verl, Krauss is said to have picked up the fifth yellow card – supposedly because a private appointment was available at the time of the next game. “Because because of the weekend we played in Stuttgart, his mother is said to have had his birthday,” said Wollitz, who also admitted: “I don’t know if that’s true.”
The trainer then referred to Krauss’ data that should prove the drop in performance. In the video analysis of the game against Unterhaching, he emphasized scenes in which the focus was on Krauss. “If someone runs between 34 and 35 km/h, but since it is demonstrably run in the values 29 km/h and a player allows a cross … these are all topics,” said Wollitz.