Ex-Werder coach Florian Kohfeldt was introduced on Tuesday as the successor to Mark van Bommel at VfL Wolfsburg. Werder Bremen’s former managing director Jürgen Born believes that the 39-year-old will have a “huge success” with the wolves.
“Kohfeldt has gained a lot of experience with us and learned a lot. He did not leave as someone who was sitting next to the bucket completely bleak,” explains Born, who has been SVW’s chairman for ten years, in an interview SPOX and Goal.
If Kohfeldt, who had completed his trainer training in 2015 as the best of his year, can convert his knowledge into quality, nothing will stand in the way of a successful time in Wolfsburg. It is “not about the fact that he swept off his certificate in Cologne with the grade 1”, says Born and adds: “He is an analyst and also has the expertise to transfer his ideas to the team.”
It is “pretty clear that Kohfeldt is improving the current situation,” said Born, who also believes Kohfeldt will take on the upcoming tasks in the Champions League, although VfL had “slipped” a bit there: “And those who are up there are nowhere near any losing teams “.
Wolfsburg has to “struggle a lot this season in order to find the connection to the top,” says the 81-year-old: “With the resources available, something can roll out again.” After all, the quality of the players has not deteriorated.
Born: “Kohfeldt’s dismissal should have come earlier”
Born could not really explain why Kohfeldt failed last summer after more than three years of office in Bremen: “But it is clear to every Bremer that the moment of Kohfeldt’s dismissal should have come earlier. that it was stretched to the end. “
Kohfeldt was released shortly before the end of the season, before Bremen had to start the path to the second division. “You got stuck somewhere. That could have been a classic case of wear and tear, as is common in football today. All the big teams change their coaches regularly despite the high transfer fees,” added Born: “If the table isn’t right, he’ll come Coach in criticism. Although it has not yet been found out what part the quality of the players played in it. “
Bremen fans would treat Kohfeldt to “success”
Born also does not believe that the Bremen fans could get angry with Kohfledt’s new task in view of the proximity to Wolfsburg. “It is also shown that he is relieving our cash register with his new job. He doesn’t have to expect any ill will. The Bremen fans would allow him to be successful there.”
In a direct encounter there would be “as always three whistles. Nowadays that is a part of that in this industry. But that doesn’t hit you unprepared. Then you put a little cotton in your ear and the game starts”.
Kohfeldt’s working paper was dated until 2023 at Werder, which reportedly saves Bremen 1.5 million euros in expenses. Because manager Frank Baumann had not made a termination agreement with Kohfeldt – which means a whopping one-off payment for the clubs in 100 percent of all cases – the club is now sitting on only one first division and four second division salaries. The sports director had expected that Kohfeldt would not sit out his contract.
