The hanging game seems to end: Ole Werner becomes the new coach at RB Leipzig. As several media unanimously report, the Leipzig club chiefs agreed with Werner’s previous employer Werder Bremen. An official confirmation is still pending.
After a long back and forth, RB Leipzig has finally found a new head coach in Ole Werner. Matching reports, among other things, from kicker,, sky and the Leipziger Volkszeitung according to On Friday (June 20), those responsible for RB and Bundesliga competitor Werder Bremen can agree on a transfer of two to three million euros after long negotiations in order to buy Werner from his working paper that is still valid by 2026.
RB Leipzig: Werner brings two co-trainers
Werner had been released in Bremen at the end of May and is therefore to receive a contract on the Cottaweg by 2027. In addition, the 37-year-old brings his assistant coach Patrick Kohlmann and Tom Cichon. RB had born in March Leipzig Marco Rose put in front of the door And then under interim coach Zsolt Löw a disappointing season Without European Cup qualification only in seventh place away.
In 2022, Ole Werner celebrated the return to the Bundesliga with Werder Bremen.
Werner’s path: via Kiel and Bremen to Leipzig
Ole Werner, who comes from Preetz in Schleswig-Holstein, spent almost his entire player and coaching career in Kiel. The north German did not go beyond the Oberliga as more active on the lawn. It was more successful for Werner on the sidelines: After guiding the second representative of KSV Holstein for years, he became head coach of the first team in 2019 at the age of 31 and led the second division club to the Bundesliga in 2021.
Clemens Fritz and Ole Werner worked successfully together in Bremen for years. A few weeks ago, however, the tablecloth was cut.
Kiel failed there on 1. FC Köln, a year later Werner still made the leap into the upper house – after taking over the previously relegated traditional club Werder Bremen and led directly back to the first division. There he continued to develop the green-whites in recent years and initially drove the table positions 13 and nine before the SVW recently finished eighth with RB.
Differences about the sporting orientation at Werder
A few weeks ago, however, the break took place. Werner did not want to extend his contract that was originally valid for another year – supposedly because of differences with sports director Clemens Fritz about the further sporting orientation of the Bremen. With the financially clammy Hanseatic city, he was supposed to concentrate on the further development of talents, but probably wanted more seasoned players. Shortly after the lack of confession, Werder released the trainer and won the previous Elversberg success coach Horst Steffen. Werner now finds another squad in Leipzig, but also significantly higher demands. Training start at the exhibition center is on July 14th.
End of a long search
RB was since then Rose-off Looking for a suitable successor. According to the RB sports director Marcel Schäfer, this should start an era-but the candidates initially targeted canceled in turn. In conversation, among others Oliver Glasner (Crystal Palace), CESC Fabregas (Como), Sebastian Hoeneß (VfB Stuttgart) and Jacob Neestrup (FC Copenhagen), but ultimately all remained loyal to their clubs.
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