Werder Bremen have sacked coach Ole Werner after he advised the membership he wouldn’t be extending his contract.
The 37-year-old was beneath contract till the top of the 2025-26 marketing campaign however indicated that he wouldn’t be renewing his deal past that time.
“Since we want continuity and readability for the place of head coach sooner or later, we have now determined to let Ole go,” Bremen’s managing director for sport Clemens Fritz mentioned.
“We’re actually disheartened by this choice, as a result of we may have simply imagined working with Ole in the long run.”
Werner, thought to be one among Germany’s main younger coaches, took over at Bremen after they had been within the second division and oversaw promotion, then regular enchancment within the Bundesliga. The staff solely narrowly missed out on European qualification this season, ending in eighth place within the Bundesliga.
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Werner took over as Bremen coach in uncommon circumstances in November 2021 after his predecessor Markus Anfang resigned whereas going through an investigation into his use of a pretend COVID-19 vaccine doc.
He mentioned: “For me, it was clear that after my contract ends – and after 4 and a half years – a change of head coach is required to allow additional growth.
“That’s why I made the choice for subsequent summer time and knowledgeable the membership’s administration. I perceive Werder’s choice from the membership’s perspective. I had an exquisite time in Bremen with my teaching staff, implausible employees, an excellent squad and membership officers whose help I all the time felt.”