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Sportbuzzer: Khedira and Wolf are to inherit Bierhoff
The picture combo shows Sami Khedira and Hannes Wolf. Together they should act as a dual leadership at the DFB in the future. photo
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The successor to Oliver Bierhoff at the German Football Association (DFB) seems settled.
The successor to Oliver Bierhoff at the German Football Association (DFB) seems settled.
Former world champion Sami Khedira and trainer Hannes Wolf are to form the sporting management as a kind of dual leadership. A corresponding report by the “Sportbuzzer” portal on Friday coincides with dpa information. Accordingly, the duo has long been considered a desired solution internally.
Khedira becomes face, Wolf takes care of offspring
Khedira should primarily take care of the strategic orientation of the association and after the farewell to Rudi Völler, who will limit his commitment as director of the senior national team until the home European Championship in 2024, will become the face of the sporting management to the outside world. The 36-year-old would first have to give up his position as an adviser to Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.
The previous U20 national coach Wolf (42) should primarily take care of the youngsters and talent training at the DFB. According to “Sportbuzzer”, DFB Vice President Hans-Joachim Watzke personally campaigned for the promotion of the former Borussia Dortmund youth coach.
After the World Cup debacle in Qatar at the end of 2022, the DFB parted ways with Bierhoff as managing director of the national teams and academy and announced back then that it wanted to spread his responsibilities over several shoulders.