David Wagner: Schalke star becomes young talent at RB Leipzig!

David Wagner: Schalke star becomes young talent at RB Leipzig!

Leipzig, Deutschland - David Wagner, the former coach of Schalke 04, is facing a new chapter in his career, since he reports that he should take over the position of the head of the youth performance center at RB Leipzig. This position is vacant, since its predecessor, Manuel Baum, plans to take on a strategic role in the youth development system in Augsburg, such as Yahoo Sports reported.

The decision about Wagner's obligation has already been made; However, the official proclamation and its signature are still pending. This will be Wagner's first position in which he does not hold a direct coaching job. Most recently, he was active at Norwich City from 2023 to 2024 after he had previously trained the Young Boys Bern. From July 2019 to September 2020, Wagner was head coach of Schalke 04, where he reached a 12th place in the first season before the second season ended in a disaster that began with a 0: 8 defeat against Bayern Munich, which finally led to his release, so Ruhr24

Wagner's focus on the talents of RB Leipzig

In his new role, Wagner will take on a central task: the promotion of young talents. His friend Jürgen Klopp, former Liverpool FC coach, also works at RB Leipzig and will support Wagner. Klopp works as a Head of Global Soccer at the club and has a major impact on the strategic orientation of the talents that are trained in the youth performance center.

The challenges for RB Leipzig in the youth area are considerable. According to LVZ fights the U19 in the A-Youth-Bundesliga Sixth place after losing goals against Dynamo Dresden and Chemnitz FC Toress. The U17 is also in a difficult location and ranks in tenth place in the Bundesliga North/Northeast after nine games.
The U19 also disappointed in the UEFA Youth League and remained without victory, which underlines the need for a fundamental revision of the youth work.

a new approach in talent development

Sebastian Kegel, the head of the young talent center, expresses dissatisfaction with the previous results, but emphasizes that the training encompasses more than just results. Wagner's expertise could help to tackle the structural problems. Since March 2020, continuous competitions have been missing at a high level, which has hindered the development process of the young people.

For Wagner, this role could serve as an introduction to long -term cooperation with RB Leipzig, especially at a time when the association wants to break new ground in talent promotion. It remains to be seen how quickly Wagner and his team can master the challenges to improve the performance of the youth teams and thus to secure the future of the association.