Werder Bremen separates from coach Ole Werner - crisis meeting

Werder Bremen separates from coach Ole Werner - crisis meeting

Bremen, Deutschland - Werder Bremen separated on Monday evening with immediate effect from coach Ole Werner. The decision was made after a crisis meeting and was reported in various media, including the "Bild" newspaper and the TV broadcaster Sky. Clemens Fritz, the club's football manager, regretted Werner's decision and announced that it was analyzing the current situation. The official confirmation of the separation is expected during the day, as rp-online.de

Ole Werner, 37 years old, took over SV Werder Bremen in a difficult phase during the second division season in autumn 2021. Under his leadership, the team succeeded in returning to the Bundesliga. In his 128 competitive games at Werder, Werner won an average of 1.44 points per game. Last season, the team secured eighth place in the Bundesliga with 51 points. Despite this success, Werner recently announced that he did not want to extend his contract, which is running until 2026. This led to different opinions about the squad planning and the sporting ambitions between him and the club, which ultimately led to separation, such as n-tv.de also communicated.

search for successes and future ambitions

After the joyless message about the separation, various names are now on the list as possible successors. The candidates include Marco Rose, Lukas Kwasniok and Horst Steffen, who is currently a coach at Elversberg. However, Steffen did not comment on his future after the lost Bundesliga relegation. The association sees itself as a duty to bring about both sporting and financial changes in order to set new impulses.

In Werder's Bundesliga history, there have been many changes in the coaching position since the first coach Willi Multhaup in 1963. Among the many coaches who led the club through ups and downs, the goal was always to be successful in the league and to maintain the ambitions. The current challenges reflect the dynamic nature of football. The association will now have to define a clear direction for the coming season to achieve its sporting goals, such as Weser-kurier.de

Werder Bremen will therefore go into the new season without Ole Werner after the collaboration has increasingly tense in the past few weeks. The coming weeks could be crucial for the future orientation of the association. The change of coach could also open up new sporting perspectives, since those responsible are looking for a suitable successor who can support the ambitions of the association.