Borussia Monchengladbach’s highly-rated tactician Lucien Favre has signed a two-year extension to his contact.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-c25261 Frontzeck who was sacked after failing to pull the club out of from the root of the Bundesliga table.
When 54-year old took over the club it was on the verge of relegation, they had only picked up 16 points from 22 matches. Lucien ensured the club’s German top flight future was safe at the end of 2010/2011 season.
In his first full season in charge the former Hertha Berlin Manager guided the club to Champions League play-off places. Monchengladbach beat the likes of Stuttgart, Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg to the fourth spot.
His achievements did not go unnoticed as Lucien was linked with French giants Marseille to replace Didier Deschamps and Bayern Munich. He had two years left on his current deal and the club recently revealed that they were in discussions
with the manager about a new contract extension.
Early this morning the club announced that their highly-rated tactician has signed a new deal. Borussia Monchengladbach’s sporting director http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Max-c24993 Eberl expressed his delight at tying down his club’s manager, he also claimed that
the club were locked in lengthy discussions with Lucien.
"I have been holding talks for a long time with the board and the management and I am now pleased with this contract extension and the attractive challenges which lie ahead of us," he is quoted as saying in an interview.
He believes the former Hertha http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Berlin-c7536 coach is the right man to take the club forward. The club want to build on their last season’s finish, after bringing in reinforcements the director of football insists he is looking forward
to forthcoming Bundesliga and UEFA Champions League campaign.
"Lucien Favre is exactly the right coach for Borussia and we are delighted that we will continue along the path we have been following with him," Max Eberl added.
Borussia Monchengladbach’s were last season’s entertainers as they played some sensational attacking technical football. After the departures of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marco-Reus-c23733 the club will looking for an immediate impact from their new
signings.
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