Time is of the essence: “His opt-out clause ends on April 30th,” Kind revealed to the NDR in the personal details of Leitl. “That means that all decisions would have to be made by then. We know the transfer fee, so we would have to inform Fürth in good time,” added Kind.
Leitl is to follow Dabrowski
The 44-year-old, who has been the Fürth coach since February 2019, would follow Christoph Dabrowski at the “Reds”, whose contract expires at the end of the season. The former coach of Hanover’s U23s has apparently not yet been informed by the club’s officials that plans are not being made with him beyond the end of the season. “It is clear that I have a contract until June 30th and a clear goal in mind. The club has not yet positioned itself beyond that,” said Dabrowski on Wednesday at the press conference for the game against Karlsruher SC (Friday, 6.30 p.m., in the NDR Live Center).
“I have no information about any coaching candidates or whether I’m a coach or not,” added the 43-year-old when asked. Therefore he is not disappointed, “because there is no information and no decision”.
According to Kind’s most recent statements, Dabrowski had hopes of continued employment: “He is our coach and of course also a candidate,” Kind told NDR. To qualify shortly afterwards in relation to the development of the team: “There was an interim low in March and the performance in Paderborn was not convincing, to put it politely. We have to monitor the development and make a final assessment.”
The former first division professional Dabrowski has the table 15. taken over in December as the successor to Jan Zimmermann. Since then, the Lower Saxony have had six wins and four draws in 16 games. Six games were lost. With a success on Friday against KSC, the “Reds” would take a big step – maybe even the decisive one – towards relegation.
96 before commitments from Kunze and Nielsen
Leitl clearly missed the same with Fürth, one league higher. The interest of several clubs in the 44-year-old shows that this was not due to the coach, but to the fact that the team was ultimately only able to compete to a limited extent. In addition to the coach, according to information from the specialist journal “kicker”, attacker Havard Nielsen should also switch from Franconia to 96. Unlike Leitl, the Norwegian can leave SpVgg for free.
Another new signing is Fabian Kunze from Arminia Bielefeld in Lower Saxony. The commitment of the defensive specialist is about to be completed, reports the “kicker”.
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Sports current | 04/27/2022 | 8:25 a.m
Source: NDR