The next coach of Austria: The VfL Wolfsburg, the sets in the succession of coach Bruno Labbadia
Trend of the Bundesliga. Oliver Glasner comes to the new season, in spite of well-known competitors.
No, Andre Villas-Boas, no Marco Rose, not a Dieter Hecking – Trainer-Nobody Oliver Glasner is to run the football-Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg back to the old. The Austrians inherited for the upcoming season, Bruno Labbadia as Coach with the wolves and signed at the masters of 2009 a contract until 2022.
Glasner changes from Linzer ASK to the lower Saxony and continues the Trend to specialist staff in the Austrian Bundesliga. Recently, Salzburg-Coach Rose, who has long been traded in Wolfsburg as a Top candidate for the Labbadia follow-up had signed a contract starting in the summer with Borussia Mönchengladbach.
“The move to the Bundesliga is a great challenge, which I am very pleased and I am very happy. In addition, the conditions in Wolfsburg, Germany are excellent,” said Glasner. Also, the Northern German coach offers the new boss. Managing Director Jörg Schmadtke: “The conversations with him have given us the secure feeling that he is the right choice for the VfL Wolfsburg is the next stage of development.”
The 44-year-old Glasner has developed in his Austrian homeland with a reputation as a Coach with a clear idea of the game, the young players can continue to develop. In his four years in Linz, he led the LASK back in the first League. To place four in the first year, the Linz’s are currently Second behind series champion Salzburg. Austrian experts compare Glasner also due to the attacking attractive style of play with his country man, Adi Hütter, with Eintracht Frankfurt this season for a splash.
The goals in Wolfsburg are clear and ambitious: Together with the sports Executive Jörg Schmadtke Ex-professional Glasner to the club after years of sporting drought time again to the national forefront. After a season of stabilization under Labbadia, who did not want to extend his expiring contract with VfL due to personal differences with Schmadtke, wants the mighty Wolfsburg owners Volkswagen the New, which was awarded the contract in spite of well-known competition such as the ex-Chelsea Coach Villas-Boas and Ex-Wolfsburg Hecking the return to the concert of the Great.
The glitz and glamour of success was to let the little club with the big money left. Only with great difficulty in the VfL prevented in the past two seasons the descent only in the Relegation. The title of 2009 under Felix Magath, or to win the Cup of 2015 under Hecking seem like relics from another time. A time to revive Glasner.
jhr/tk (sid, dpa)