On Saturday, Alexander Wehrle, CEO of VfB Stuttgart, announced talks with two potential new head coaches. A little later it leaked out that it should be about Jess Thorup and Alfred Schreuder. The latter only succeeded Erik ten Hag at Ajax Amsterdam in the summer, which would make him all the more difficult to come by.
According to a “pictureAccording to the report, VfB Stuttgart would have to dig deep into their pockets to buy Schreuder out of his contract with the Dutch record champions, which runs until the summer of 2024.
According to the newspaper, Ajax is demanding 1.5 million euros for the 49-year-old, who once worked for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga. Between 2015 and 2017 he worked in the Kraichgau as an assistant coach to the then Hoffenheim line manager Julian Nagelsmann.
Today’s FC Bayern coach still remembers his former assistant coach all too well: “He was an outstanding assistant coach, with great expertise and great empathy. An extreme winner, a great person with whom I got along really well.” , so the Bayern coach’s XXL praise for his colleague.
Schreuder with a past at FC Barcelona too
At the moment, Nagelsmann does not believe that Schreuder could actually be drawn back to the Bundesliga: “Alfred just went to Ajax. I can hardly imagine that they would let him go. I didn’t get to know Ajax as a simple negotiating partner. “
Although Nagelsmann couldn’t really imagine it, he would still be happy if Schreuder was hired by VfB Stuttgart.
Since this season, the candidate has been working on the Matarazzo successor at the Dutch industry leader from Amsterdam. After ten matchdays, Ajax are back at the top of the table in the Eredivisie. In the 2020/2021 season, he previously worked as an assistant coach under Ronald Koeman at FC Barcelona.