1. FC Kaiserslautern confirmed on Monday what had already become apparent over the weekend: sports director Enis Hajri will be leaving FCK at the end of the year.
Enis Hajri shall after the 0-1 defeat against 1. FC Köln have announced that they will be resigning from their position at the end of the year. On Monday evening, the FCK confirmed that the club had “mutually agreed” with Hajri to end their cooperation on December 31, 2024. Sports director Thomas Hengen said “We regret his decision, but respect his personal wishes.”
The 41-year-old, who was under contract with the Red Devils from 2012 to 2014, has held his position since 2023 and, among other things, acted as a squad planner. “When you have been able to work for a club as a player and with sporting responsibility, it is always difficult to leave. But I am leaving a well-ordered field and I am sure that the club can continue to be successful in sport on this basis. I will support the FCK always carry in my heart.”
Hajri’s close confidant of Hengen
However, Hajri was not entirely without controversy: When the FCK slipped into a sporting crisis last season and the coaches Dirk Schuster and Dimitrios Grammozis had to gon, there was also criticism of Hajri, who was able to keep his job at the time.
Hajri was considered a close confidant of sports director Thomas Hengen since he started at FCK. According to SWR information, the relationship between the two is no longer as close as it once was in the past few weeks and months.
Broadcast on Sunday, December 22nd, 2024, 10:05 p.m., SWR Sport, SWR
