Rumors of interest from England
Sporting director Martin Schmidt fears that successful coach Bo Svensson will not leave 1.FSV Mainz 05 in the near future. That’s why we think that’s not an issue for us at all,” said the 55-year-old on Sunday in “Sport1-Doppelpass”. No interested club looking for a new head coach has called yet, said Schmidt. “None of the faxes came, nor did any letters.”
In recent months there have been rumors of interest in Svensson from the Premier League, including from Wolverhampton Wanderers and Brighton & Hove Albion, who have already hired new managers this season for various reasons. But it never became concrete with the Dane.
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The former FSV professional Svensson took over the Mainz team in January 2021 as a clear candidate for relegation and, after the best second half of the club’s history, led to relegation. In the past season, the club never had to tremble and ended up bottom of the table. The 43-year-old Dane has a contract until June 30, 2024. “Bo signaled back then: I’m coming to start a project,” emphasized Schmidt.
The former Mainz coach returned to Mainz during the 2020/2021 winter break, as did ex-manager Christian Heidel. Under Heidel, the club had hired the later star coaches Jürgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel. “I think that has a lot to do with letting the coach do his thing,” said Schmidt about the secret of the success of the Mainz coaching school.
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