Contract until summer 2019: Korkut succeeds Wolf in Stuttgart

Stuttgart (SID) Tayfun Korkut is the new coach of Bundesliga soccer club VfB Stuttgart. The 43-year-old succeeds Hannes Wolf, who was dismissed on Sunday. VfB announced this on Monday. Korkut has a contract until 2019 and was introduced to the promoted team that evening. He is leading his first training session on Tuesday and is preparing the team for the important game at VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday (15.30:XNUMX p.m./Sky). "It can be rocky, but I'm confident. We have to be prepared. Based on my experience, I can bring a lot here," said Korkut: "We have to make sure that we take the pressure off the team as much as possible. We don't have much time , it is important to stop this downward trend away from home." VfB has only got one win and one draw from the last eight games and is 14th in the table. in acute danger of relegation. On Saturday, the Swabians lost 0-2 (0-2) against Schalke 04 - this was also the last game with Wolf on the sidelines. He took over the Swabians from Jos Luhukay on September 21, 2016 and led the club back to the Bundesliga. Those responsible at the club announced on Saturday evening that they would continue to plan with Wolf. Sports director Michael Reschke said he would “completely rule out” the 36-year-old’s expulsion at the moment. After several conversations he changed his mind. He followed Korkut's path "very closely," said Reschke, who described a conversation with the new coach on Monday as "crucial." "The way he described our team was convincing. He knows the players and problem areas," said the sports director: "The whole package was right. That's why we were unanimously of the opinion that it was a very, very good solution ." After Wolf's dismissal, the media speculated about various successor candidates. Among others, Thomas Tuchel (most recently Borussia Dortmund) and Jens Keller (most recently Union Berlin), who are currently without a club, as well as Lucien Favre (OGC Nice) and Kenan Kocak, who works very successfully at second division club SV Sandhausen, were traded. Markus Weinzierl, who was on the sidelines for FC Augsburg and Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga in the past, is said to have canceled the Stuttgart team. Korkut is an old acquaintance at VfB: He was born in Stuttgart and was already active for the club's U19s before switching to professional football. Korkut last worked at Bayer Leverkusen from March 2017 until the end of last season - with very little success. With the Werkself he only scored eleven points in eleven league games. Before that, Korkut was under contract with 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Hannover 96, among others.

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Contract until summer 2019: Korkut succeeds Wolf in Stuttgart

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