After six defeats at the start of the Bundesliga, VfL Bochum pulled the ripcord on Monday. The tail light announced the separation from the previous head coach Thomas Reis. Since then there has been wild speculation about the possible successor regulation. An ex-coach of FC Schalke 04 could be very hot in the raffle.
First of all, the former VfL professional Heiko Butscher, who has held various coaching positions in Bochum for seven years, has taken over as interim coach.
However, only until a long-term solution is found, as the new sports director Patrick Fabian explained on Monday.
“The coach must be convinced that he can keep up the class with VfL and also be able to convey this. He should have a clear line in the game, a clear speech,” outlined Fabian, who by the way is still under the now dismissed promotion coach Thomas Reis had played, the requirement profile for the new line manager at table 18. the Bundesliga.
Grammozis is under contract with FC Schalke until 2023
Dimitrios Grammozis has long been discussed as a possible successor to Reis on social networks and regional media. The 44-year-old has been without a job since his leave of absence from FC Schalke in the spring of this year, although his contract with the Royal Blues runs until the summer of 2023.
The previous VfL head coach Reis played his last game on the coaching bench against the Royal Blues last Saturday. Two days after the 3-1 draw against FC Schalke, he was released from his duties on Monday. Reis had already been traded as a possible Schalke coach.
Meanwhile, Grammozis can look back on a successful career as a youth coach at VfL Bochum and is therefore still well known on Castroper Straße. Between 2013 and 2019 he worked for the Ruhr area club, mainly responsible for the U17 and U19 teams. He also acted at times as an assistant coach in the professional team.
As the usually well-informed “Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung” reported on Monday, until recently there had been no direct inquiries from Bochum to FC Schalke. It is not known whether there was already contact between the VfL managers and Grammozis himself.