One day after the bitter 0: 4 at Borussia Dortmund, VfL Wolfsburg separated from coach Ralph Hasenhüttl.
Ralph Hasenhüttl had let the separation rumors bounce off for weeks, but suddenly everything went very quickly. One day after the bitter 0: 4 (0: 1) at Borussia Dortmund, the crisis VfL Wolfsburg has released its Austrian chief coach. The wolves thus preferred the change of coach on Sunday, which according to media reports had been indicated for a long time for the end of the season.
“The results and the development in the past few months have made the decision in us to react now. We have made this decision in close coordination with the Supervisory Board Presidium,” said Managing Director Peter Christiansen.
Interim coach for the two remaining Bundesliga games next Friday (8:30 p.m./DAZN) against TSG Hoffenheim and on May 17th at Borussia Mönchengladbach, U19 coach Daniel Bauer. VfL has been responding to the severe crisis of the past few weeks, the former European Cup aspirant has been waiting for a win for eight league games, six games of them lost the Wolfsburgers.
Hasenhüttl, who still has a contract in Wolfsburg until 2026, had only taken over the team from Niko Kovac in March of the previous year and celebrated relegation. “He succeeded in stabilizing the team and leading them into safe fairway. We would like to thank him for that,” said Christiansen.
VfL Wolfsburg far behind his requirements
In the current season, it even looked like it in the first half of the season as if VfL could possibly play around the Champions League ranks, but since the end of January there has been a bad crash with only two league. In the course of this descent, Wolfsburg lost all chances of participating in the European Cup and will complete the season in the gray table middle field.
Those responsible for managing directors Christiansen had recently had to take a position on the future of the trainer. The Dane and Sports Director Sebastian Schindzielorz avoided a public commitment, but has so far seemed to want to end the season in the old constellation. Hasenhüttl always wiped off. “It’s not about Ralph Hasenhüttl personnel, we need victories, and we don’t have them at the moment,” said the 57-year-old until the Dortmund game on Saturday.
The successor search has long since started for Christiansen. According to the Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, Jacob Neestrup from FC Copenhagen and Alexander Blessin from FC St. Paul are considered candidates. Christiansen had come to the current season to lead the club back to success after three seasons without a European Cup qualification. At that time, Hasenhüttl had already been in office. Now Christiansen has the opportunity to install his very own desired trainer. The shot should then also sit.