As Rudi Völler on a Saturday night with Heiko Herrlich personally in front of the door, was the change of coach at Bayer Leverkusen is a done deal. Gorgeous must go, despite a remarkable final spurt, as the successor was announced a day before Christmas eve, Peter Bosz. “I explained everything to him. We have him supported for a long time. The development was not as we imagined“, explained sporting Director Völler on Sunday the decision of the football League clubs against Gorgeous. The former world champion pointed to the Stagnation in the development of the team, which was unfortunately “deny”.

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Now, it should inform Bosz. The 55-year-old Dutchman takes over Herrlichs office with the start of the return round preparation on 4. January and gets a contract up to and including 30. June 2020. For him, it is the second Station in the German elite class, after the little bit of fame and a half-year stint at Borussia Dortmund: BVB had consequences after a series of miss on 10. December 2017 separated from Bosz. The Völler, the stressed at the same time, know: “We are thrilled, by the way, as he is in Amsterdam to play.”

With Bosz wants to try the club, “to meet our ambitious claims as quickly as possible,” said Fernando Carro, Chairman of the Bayer Board of management. The Glorious trust, who had hoped on Saturday after the 3:1 (2:1) against Hertha BSC on further trust. “I see myself always as a servant of the Association. And so long may I be a servant of the club, I’m going to do it with passion“, commented the 47-year-old.

But even this victory and kept not play 13 points from the last six League him prior to the leave of absence: 24 counter and table space nine after the first half of the season, the Bayer commodity bosses a little. The Overwinter in the DFB-Pokal and the Europa League group victory are Gorgeous only a waste of time.

The former professional and Premier League top scorer Gorgeous Leverkusen had taken over with the start of the 2017/2018 season. In his first season as head coach he led the club to fifth place and the Europa League. The qualification for the Champions League was just missed because of the goal difference. Previously had Wonderfully trained since December 2015 Jahn Regensburg and Bayern’s ascension to the third League (2016), and in the year 2017, even as the March to the second division managed.

A factor is likely to have tipped the scales against Glorious: His Team of highly talented players like Julian Brandt found in this season’s never-to-be a lasting Top performance. Last Beautifully only to a point: “The Trend is going in the right direction”. He had to admit that the criticism of him and the stage was the weak performances of his team “mostly justified”.