VfB Stuttgart is taking until winter to find a head coach. Meanwhile, interim coach Michael Wimmer has made it clear that he would like to stay on as head coach. The VfB managers should (still) prefer an external solution.
Michael Wimmer will remain interim head coach at VfB Stuttgart until the World Cup break. The 42-year-old now seems to have found his new role. Before the duel against FC Augsburg on Saturday, the 42-year-old clearly explained to Sky: “It is my goal to become head coach at some point.”
“There’s an opportunity here to become a head coach. If that’s the case then I’m happy,” he added. If things don’t work out in Stuttgart, he wants to take over another club as head coach.
In his coaching career, Wimmer has only worked as a head coach in the youth team of 1. FC Nürnberg. He has been an assistant coach since 2018 – first at FC Augsburg for a year, then at VfB since 2019.
“The task is fun. There’s a certain amount of tension before every Bundesliga game. That will always be the case,” explained Wimmer.
Sports director Sven Mislintat explained that Wimmer is one of three candidates who can hope for a permanent position as head coach at VfB. According to the image, however, it is unlikely that Wimmer will be able to continue his current role in Stuttgart permanently. According to this, the VfB management hopes to be able to convince an external candidate by winter.
Meanwhile, Wimmer doesn’t want to give up. And concentrates on the game against Augsburg. “FCA play very intense football and fight a lot. We have to accept this fight. It influences a decision on the coaching bench that will be made sometime in the winter,” said the 42-year-old. Wimmer knows very well: Only good results can increase the likelihood that he will remain as head coach.
This article was originally published on 90min.com/de as a clear announcement of the interim solution: Wimmer wants to remain VfB head coach.
