David Wagner is the new manager of the English second division team Norwich City. The 51-year-old received a contract for twelve months, as announced by the “Canaries”. Wagner succeeds Dean Smith who was released at the end of December. Most recently, Wagner coached the Swiss first division club Young Boys Bern, before he was put on leave in early March 2022 and has been without a club since. Before that, he was with the FC Schalke 04 under contract. He was released from the miners at the end of September 2020.
For Wagner it is the second station in England. From November 2015 to January 2019 he coached Huddersfield Town and managed to get promoted to the Premier League with the club in 2017. Before Wagner there was already a German coach from Norwich: the current Mönchengladbach head coach Daniel Farke even managed to get promoted twice with the club.
Norwich is currently only eleventh in the championship, the goal of direct promotion is already 15 points behind second Sheffield United in danger. “We now have to look ahead and work extremely hard,” said Wagner. (dpa)
