The Next one, please: The English first division club Huddersfield Town relies on well-proven and has hit in the appointment of the team Manager again for the second team autumn champion Borussia Dortmund. The table of the Premier League announced on Monday the commitment of Jan Siewert as the successor of David Wagner, who had to leave the “Terriers” before the week deadline by mutual consent after three and a half years. Siewert (36) is in Huddersfield on a contract until 2021.
“Under our previous coach, we were enormously successful. We have now appointed a new head coach, which has many Similarities with him: He is a young, aspiring German from Borussia Dortmund II,“ said Huddersfield Chairman Dean Hoyle and went on to the obvious Parallels. But, stressed the strong man in the club: “Compare With doing Jan wrong. Behind this appointment is much more to it.“ Siewert noticed the club “when he was 19 and Kotrainer of the VfL Bochum.” Already two years ago, have made contact with the native Mayener, because “in view of the success of David in Huddersfield, we knew that it is advisable to look into the future, if an offer arrived, he could not refuse.”
Hoyle praised Siewert for “his ambition and a strong philosophy.” Therefore, the object of the club have passed in the last days, to convince the BVB of the release –what happened on Monday. “After careful Consideration, we have complied with the request of Jan Siewert, to be able with the change to England and his next step of development as a coach,” said Dortmund sporting Director Michael Zorc.
Siewert is the fourth coach of the BVB, within a few years, to England. Wagner had trained the Dortmund second team from 2011 to 2015. Before Jürgen Klopp were drawn (for Liverpool FC) and siewert’s predecessor, Daniel Farke (Norwich City) gene England. For Siewert, the BVB is expected to receive 300,000 Euro transfer fee. Siewert’s successor in the U 23 of the BVB takes over on an interim basis Alen Terzic. Wagner had led Huddersfield from the third League to the Premier League in the last season, the relegation managed. After the fall to the end table, both sides announced on may 14. January, the amicable separation. Three days later, the German sports Director Olaf Rebbe left, previously with VfL Wolfsburg, the club by mutual agreement.
Siewert occur in Huddersfield, in spite of the precarious situation with only two Wins from 23 League games in big footsteps –and he needs to fix a “Problem” off of the lawn: On Saturday still in the game, the Terriers against Champions Manchester City (0:3) had held an English TV Reporter and the City Fan Martin Warhurst for Seiwert and in front of TV cameras approached. The scene became a viral Hit, Warhurst (“Martin from Wakefield“) to a short-time celebrity on the island. This remained the Huddersfield Town will not be hidden. The club staged the obligation siewert’s on Monday afternoon in a witty Video in which the “New” his DoppelgangeR from the office of the Huddersfield team mangers extruded.