According to media reports, Borussia Dortmund’s U23 coach Enrico Maassen is being courted by FC Augsburg. Explosive: Last year, the successful BVB coach almost ended up at Manchester United.
As “Sport Bild” reports, Ralf Rangnick wanted to lure the 38-year-old to the English record champions in December 2021. There, Maassen should act as assistant coach under the former coach and sports director of RB Leipzig.
Rangnick took over ManUnited as an interim solution last season. Austria’s current national coach probably came across Maaßen when he was looking for support.
However, the possible engagement of the BVB trainer is said to have failed due to a lack of a work permit in England.
Successful work by Enrico Maassen at BVB
As a result, Maaßen stayed with Borussia Dortmund, where he finished a very respectable ninth place in the table with the second team in the past season of the 3rd division as a promoted team.
The good work of the U23 coach at BVB has not gone unnoticed by FC Augsburg.
According to consistent media reports, the Fuggerstadt team would like to sign Maassen as Markus Weinzierl’s successor. The 47-year-old surprisingly left FCA after the end of the season.
The designated BVB sports director Sebastian Kehl confirmed Augsburg’s interest on Sunday. At this point in time, however, he did not want to know anything about an allegedly fixed agreement.
BVB wants one million euros for Enrico Maassen
Since the FCA called on Friday, there has been “exactly one conversation. There can be no question of an agreement, let alone an implementation,” Kehl told the newspapers of the “Funke Media Group”.
If you believe the corresponding reports from “Sky” and “Sport Bild”, the negotiations between BVB and Augsburg are only about money.
Specifically, Borussia is demanding one million euros as a transfer fee for Maassen, whose contract in Dortmund runs until 2024.