Steffen now top candidate?
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This article was released at 8:28 a.m. and was updated after the official confirmation of Werder Bremen.
After the rejected contract extension beyond 2026, Ole Werner will end at Werder Bremen this summer. As first reported the “picture” and “Sky” and has now been officially confirmed, those responsible for the green and white decided on Monday evening to release their coach with immediate effect.
“We very much regret Ole’s decision because we could have imagined long -term cooperation with him. However, since we need continuity and clarity in the position of head coach for the future, we decided to release Ole. This decision was also unanimously supported by the supervisory board. Especially with a view to the squad composition, the further development of the team and the future orientation, it is necessary to be able to plan in the long term. Preventing the last year of the contract with a head coach.
Fritz said: “We thank Ole for the last three and a half years and for the outstanding work he did at Werder Bremen. It was a very trusting cooperation with him. Ole has continuously developed the team and had a great influence on the successful stabilization of Werder in the Bundesliga. (…) Our goal is to find a new trainer in the short term with which we can continue the successful development of the past three years his game philosophy and humanly fits Werder. “
The “Deichstube” recently brought up three candidates at the Weser: Lukas Kwasniok (stops at SC Paderborn), Marco Rose (without a club) and Horst Steffen (SV Elversberg). According to “Sky”, Steffen, who narrowly missed the Bundesliga promotion with his team, is the top candidate. “There are always rumors. I have not been saying any comments on such stories for years-that’s the way it is today,” said the 56-year-old on Monday evening after the relegation secondary.
The SVW had informed on Monday afternoon that Werner did not want to extend. Werder and Werner had recently negotiated the expansion of the working paper. Sports director Clemens Fritz said about the departure of the coach that has been in office since November 2021 in the next twelve months: “We very much regret this decision because we were able to imagine long -term cooperation with Ole very well. We have to accept the decision now and will analyze the current situation and decide what the best solution is for Werder.” Even an early departure was not excluded. This summer Werner has an exit clause anyway.
Trainer Werner Critified Transfer Policy at Werder Bremen
In an interview with the Deichstube, Werner had recently left his extension open and warned that one had to come to a denominator with regard to the ambitions of the association. “How much change around a trainer can an association do, and does that make sense for the overall development of the association? With this question we are all very responsible and try to find the best solution,” said the former Kiel coach last week. “If you want to create new energy again and again, there are only two options: either it has to change things around a trainer, or at some point it is at the point where it is good for everyone when something is happening in the position of the trainer.”
According to reports, this is the reason for the termination of the contract talks. For a year and a half, the coach is said to have criticized transfer policy internally. The “dike room” also reported that Maximilian Hahn lost to West Ham, which Maximilian Hahn lost to West Ham, and Werner was not said to have been satisfied with the planning. When Werner was negotiated with an extension, Werder’s responsible Fritz and Peter Niemeyer, reportedly, probed the coaching market.
After his exemption, Werner said: “It is not easy for me not to extend my contract. But I have often told that my work is about developing an association. If a certain point has been reached, there are usually two options: either you take care of changes around a trainer or you change something about the coaching position. For me it was clear that after my contract and then four and a half years of age, it would be clear to me. To make further development.