The ink is dry: After some back and forth, the previous BVB II coach Enrico Maaßen will become the new head coach of FC Augsburg. The Bundesliga team announced this early on Wednesday evening.
However, “the final contract details still have to be fixed in writing in the next few days,” said the FCA. In the 3rd division, the 38-year-old recently celebrated respectable successes with the second team of Borussia Dortmund.
“We have followed Enrico Maaßen’s development with great interest over the past few years because he is a young coach who is hungry for success and wants to develop himself and those around him. He works very intensively with young players and has proven that he can successfully promote them “, emphasized Augsburg’s managing director Stefan Reuter.
The official continued: “In the comprehensive and impressive discussions, he expressed a clear idea of modern football that suits FCA and our team. We are convinced that Enrico Maaßen will also use his human strengths to further develop our team with exciting football.”
According to “Bild”, the deal should guarantee BVB a transfer fee of 300,000 euros. It is said that the sum can still increase under certain circumstances.
“I had very good and appreciative talks with those responsible at FCA, which impressed me. That’s why I’m happy to have the chance to prove myself and to be able to build something together in the team in Augsburg,” said Maassen.
Weinzierl successor finally found
Maassen succeeds Markus Weinzierl at the Fuggerstadt team, who surprisingly resigned at the end of the season in a dispute with manager Reuter. The trainer’s contract ran until the end of June.
FC Augsburg ended the 21/22 season in 14th place in the table and thus managed to stay up in the eleventh year in the first division.