The 2009 league winners have appointed the former West http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 international to take charge of the club, after firing Felix Magath last month
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfL-Wolfsburg-c40881 have named Klaus Allofs as their new director of sport, who was previously the general manager of Bundesliga side, Werder Bremen. The German team were in desperate need for an experienced man after the sacking of
former head coach Felix Magath three weeks ago.
The 55-year-old will take on a dual role as he will be the team manager and also the director of football. Wolfsburg were keen to have the tactician earlier and have now finally succeeded in their attempts to get their man from
Bremen. The board member Stefan Gruhsem stated that the club have agreed to sign Allofs from Werder.
"We have reached a good agreement with Werder," he was quoted as saying in an interview.
The manager has signed a four-year contract after spending 13 years at his former side to fill the void left by Felix Magath. He is contracted with the Bundesliga outfit until the summer of 2016. The former player was Bremen’s
sporting director since 1999 and helped them win the 2003-04 German double along with trainer Thomas Schaaf.
The former Fortuna Dusseldorf, Olympique Marseille and Bordeaux forward suggested that this transfer ended three crucial years for him. He said he got a number of chances to switch clubs during this tenure, but nothing interested
him. However, now he thought it was the right time to make a move.
"This move marks the end of three important years for me. I received many offers during this time, but none of them caught my attention. Now the time has come to take on a new challenge," he added.
"We've put together a list of potential candidates, but we won't be naming names. We're sure we'll find the right solution for the good of Bremen," he finally concluded.
Werder Bremen chairman conceded that he has procured several options to replace Allofs, but he would not reveal any candidates. He claimed that he is positive of finding a good replacement for the new sporting director of Wolfsburg.
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