Cryptic statements about the future
Despite leading the table, Wagner stops as a coach
03/23/2023 11:52 am
Sandro Wagner’s time as coach of SpVgg Unterhaching will come to an end in the summer. The ex-national player does not extend his contract. He leaves it open how things will continue for the 35-year-old. But hints that he wants to try something completely different.
Ex-national player Sandro Wagner will not extend his contract as a coach with regional league leaders SpVgg Unterhaching, which expires at the end of the season. “I’ve always emphasized that as a coach I’m a learner and by no means perfect. That’s exactly why I want to change my perspective this summer and take a step in a different direction,” said Wagner, who is now 35 years old. “I learned an incredible amount during this time: about myself, working with a great team and what I still want to learn as a coach.”
Wagner left it open what his future would look like. “I will announce that soon. I would like to give the club the opportunity to find a successor in peace through early communication,” said Wagner, who also works as an expert for ZDF and DAZN parallel to his coaching work. In this function, he repeatedly caused a stir with flippant sentences. Most recently, he rumbled against Economics Minister Robert Habeck and speed limit plans on motorways. At the World Cup at the end of last year, he received a shit storm for his “bathrobe” comment about the Qatari robes.
“I will always be grateful for the trust”
“Manfred Schwabl (Editor’s note: the President) had the courage to hire me as a coach and then even entrust me with the first team, although I had hardly any experience up to that point. I will always be grateful to him and the club for this trust,” said Wagner in a club statement. 22 taken over.
“Of course it’s a great pity that Sandro is leaving us in the summer. On the other hand, it also makes me proud that we were able to discover and help develop this coaching talent, which is clearly part of the Hachinger path,” said Schwabl on the farewell of his prominent coach. It is currently unclear how things will continue in Haching. The former Bundesliga club apparently has significant financial problems, and some salaries could not be paid on time. It is questionable whether the SpVgg even applied for a license for the 3rd division.