BUNDESLIGA – Felix Magath resumes service at the head of Hertha Berlin

Felix Magath is back in the Bundesliga! The former Bayern Munich coach find himself on the bench Hertha Berlin, who sacked Tayfun Korkut. Eight days before the end of the championship, Hertha is 17th in the Bundesliga and relegated. He remains on a series of nine games without a win, including five consecutive defeats, current series.

At 68, Magath, a former international midfielder from Hamburg, is one of the most renowned German coaches, winner of the championship with Bayern Munich in 2005 and 2006 then with Wolfsburg in 2009. In 2014, he had only managed the London club for a few months. from Fulham without being able to avoid relegation. His last experience in professional football ended in 2017 in the Chinese championship, where he coached Shandong Taishan.

Third manager to lead Hertha this season

“I had very clear and very free discussions with Fredi Bobic (the general manager of Hertha, editor’s note) and we are well aware of the sporting situation of the club“, he said on the German team’s website. “What matters now is that everyone is fully focused on the last eight matchess.”

With 23 points, the same total as the play-off, Stuttgart, but with a very unfavorable goal difference, the Berlin club is two lengths away from assured maintenance. The immediate calendar will not be simple, with matches against Hoffenheim, Leverkusen and Union Berlin, the great local rival of Hertha, all three in the first seven of the championship. Felix Magath is the third manager to lead Hertha this season, after Pal Dardai, sacked in November, and Tayfun Korkut.