Status: 07.09.2022 10:41 a.m
Bundesliga club RB Leipzig has separated from its coach Domenico Tedesco. The club announced this on Wednesday (September 7th, 2022).
The decisive factor was the poor start to the season for the Saxons. In the Bundesliga, the ambitious Leipzig are in eleventh place with just one win after five games. The start of the Champions League season also went wrong with the 4-1 defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk. The assistant coaches Andreas Hinkel and Max Urwantschky will also be relieved of their duties.
Leipzig and Tedesco – DFB Cup winners this year
First RB had won the DFB Cup under Tedesco 109 days ago. It is still unclear who will take care of Leipzig in the Bundesliga against Borussia Dortmund (3.30 p.m.) on Saturday. Ex-BVB coach Marco Rose is the favorite to succeed him. The club announced that they wanted to “inform them promptly” about a successor arrangement.
Mintzlaff: “We have overall responsibility for RB Leipzig”
“We have overall responsibility for RB Leipzig and want to achieve our goals. Therefore, in the overall assessment, we came to the conclusion that we need a new impetus,” said managing director Oliver Mintzlaff in a club statement. The decision was very difficult for him.
For Tedesco, events are practically repeating themselves. Already at Schalke 04 – his last engagement in Germany before Leipzig – he was released in March 2018 after a defeat in the premier class. Of course, Tedesco had earned a bonus by winning the title and the outstanding second half of the season.
Managing director is looking for – and finds Marco Rose?
But that obviously didn’t last too long in the fast-moving world of football. Even when Leipzig only had two draws after two games, club boss Mintzlaff spoke of a “crappy start” and only started the discussion about Tedesco. The managing director is again looking for a new coach.
Tedesco was only signed as the successor to Jesse Marsch in December. Tedesco had rejected an early extension of his contract, which runs until 2023, in the summer. Now the trail leads to Rose, who lives in a suburb of Leipzig. In line with this, Max Eberl is to be hired as the new sports director. Rose and Eberl already worked together at Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Source: sportschau.de