FC Augsburg has found the successor to Jess Thorup as a coach. The FCA managers have landed a real surprise coup: Sandro Wagner comes to Swabia from the national team.
Sandro Wagner is a real coup for FC Augsburg after the separation from Jess Thorup. At the end of April, the assistant coach of the German national team announced that they left the German Football Association after the final Four of the Nations League (June 8th). Now it is clear where the 37-year-old is drawn. According to Sky, Wagner should sign a contract until 2028. For Wagner it would be the first stop as head coach in the Bundesliga.
Center of life in Unterhaching
Wagner has long been traded in significantly larger clubs such as Bayer Leverkusen or RB Leipzig. Most recently, however, a lot was speculated about the former national striker and Augsburg as the future employer.
The 37-year-old, whose center of life is located in Unterhaching, assured that he would make a decision about his future club at the earliest this week. “There are always rumors. As I know, I have a contract up to ’26, and I plan to fulfill it,” said Thorup before the season finale lost 1-2 against Union Berlin.
“Gray Mouse” – that should change with Sandro Wagner
From October 2023, Thorup was a coach at the Swabians at the end of May at the end of May And has given the FCA the best point cut since the Bundesliga promotion in 2011. Nevertheless, he had not managed to free FC Augsburg from his “gray-mouse image”.
The name “Sandro Wagner” alone should make that relatively quickly. It will be exciting to see whether he also succeeds in terms of football in his first professional station.
