Women’s national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg is on the mend and wants to have discussions about her future with the leadership of the German Football Association (DFB) as soon as possible. “We have signaled to the DFB that we are ready for further analysis and processing of the World Cup and for trustful discussions about how the team will continue to work together,” she wrote on Instagram in her first post in eleven weeks.
“In this regard, we are in a trusting exchange with the DFB and are expecting an appointment shortly after which the managing director Andreas Rettig will also return from the USA,” continued Voss-Tecklenburg: “I am currently on the road to recovery in terms of health, However, this process is not yet 100 percent complete. I hope and expect that my current vacation, which has been agreed with the DFB, will make a further contribution here.”
Most recently, Voss-Tecklenburg caused a stir with public appearances, including a lecture at the Bavarian Dentists’ Day in Munich, as the national coach had been considered “ill” by the public since the beginning of September. “During this vacation, I also attended a few private appointments, about which the DFB is informed,” wrote the 55-year-old: “I am and have been in regular, trusting communication with the DFB. The DFB is aware of all the circumstances surrounding my personal situation Employer informed.”
In the weeks after the preliminary round exit at the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, she was “unfortunately unable to pursue my job, my passion and my job as national coach of the women’s national team due to my health condition.”
Voss-Tecklenburg calls interim national coach Hrubesch an interim solution
During the first discussions after the World Cup, she and the sporting decision-makers came to “the firm conviction that we can find a way to work together successfully again” and “we can then build on the successes like at the European Championships in England.”
Further discussions could not have taken place due to her illness. Now she can “make the happy announcement that, thanks to the support of very experienced and qualified doctors and the support of my family and circle of friends, I am now almost healthy and fit for action again,” wrote Voss-Tecklenburg.
It is understandable that the DFB made Horst Hrubesch interim national coach in her absence. Voss-Tecklenburg explicitly wrote about a “qualified interim solution”.