After weeks of searching and canceling some candidates, RB Leipzig found the football coach for the start of sport. The former Bremen Ole Werner is supposed to lead the club from Saxony back into international business and in the fight for titles at the national level. Observers had long expected Werner’s appeal on the coaching post. Now the obligation became officially.

“I am very happy to be head coach from RB Leipzig from now on. In the very detailed conversations, it was immediately noticeable that there are the same ideas about game and working methods on both sides,” Werner is quoted by RB. “Together we will work hard on the first day of preparation to come back to the road to success with RB Leipzig,” said Leipzig’s sports director Marcel Schäfer.

The 37 -year -old Werner, whose coaching career began at Holstein Kiel, gets RB Leipzig A contract for two years until 2027. The obligation was preceded by tough negotiations with those responsible for SV Werder. Just a few days ago, Schäfer and his counterpart Clemens Fritz had a breakthrough in the long negotiations.