Reaction to the huge crisis: Schröder is leaving, is Heidel coming back?

Tuesday 22nd December 2020

Response to the huge crisis
Schröder is leaving, is Heidel coming back?

FSV Mainz 05 parted ways with sports director Rouven Schröder. The 45-year-old has reached an early termination agreement with the club. On the other hand, the future of coach Jan-Moritz Lichte, who has so far been unsuccessful in sport, is unclear.

Sports director Rouven Schröder and the relegation-threatened Bundesliga soccer club FSV Mainz 05 go their separate ways. The 45-year-old agreed with the Mainz-based company to prematurely terminate his contract, which ran until 2024. "The decision to leave the club was not an easy one for me. Mainz 05, the club, the team, the employees and the city have grown dear to my heart over the past few years, it is not so easy to give up", said Schroeder.

"However, for my work and for my commitment, I have to stand behind what I do 100 percent. I now had the feeling that it is better for the club and for me to clear the way so that Mainz 05 can reorganize overall. " It remains to be seen whether Christian Heidel will return. The ex-manager should move as an additional member next to Stefan Hofmann, Rouven Schröder and Jan Lehmann on the board. Due to the current development, Heidel has now asked for a time to reflect.

The future of coach Jan-Moritz Lichte is still unclear before the cup game against the second division club VfL Bochum on Wednesday (8.45 p.m. on Sky and in the live ticker on ntv.de). With just six points, the FSV is second to last in the table, and four points are already missing from the relegation place at the turn of the year. In eleven games, the team under the coaching newcomer only scored one win and three draws. In the last three direct duels with relegation opponents from Bielefeld, Cologne and Bremen, it set three defeats.