FC Augsburg: Heiko Herrlich rejects a “great” offer from Egypt

Without a club since 2021

Heiko Herrlich has been without a club since leaving FC Augsburg in April 2021. Now the 51-year-old could have returned to the sidelines – in Egypt. But a deal with the top club Zamalek SC fell through, as Herrlich explained the “Picture‘ confirmed: ‘I wanted to listen and watch everything on the spot, but there is too much unrest in and around this club, so I turned down the offer, which was really great.’

And further: “I would have really liked to have had this experience abroad, but I’m not the right person to solve the current problems at Zamalek.” On Tuesday, Herrlich watched the 2: 3 at El Masry together with sporting director Amir Mansour, but the day after heard nothing from the club. “Then the thought occurred to me that the whole thing makes no sense if I don’t have a contact person,” he emphasized. The “table footballHowever, the reason given for the end of the negotiations was the different financial ideas on both sides.

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According to reports, a two-year contract for Herrlich was in the air, he would have succeeded the Portuguese Jesualdo Ferreira, who had to leave the post at the end of March after only nine games. Reigning champions Zamalek are currently only sixth after 21 league games, 14 points behind leaders El Ahly. For Herrlich, who coached Bayer Leverkusen in addition to FCA between 2017 and 2018 in the Bundesliga, Zamalek would have been the first stop abroad.

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