Nagelsmann? Conte? Rangnick? Eberl has to smile and tells about the message to friends. “I actually wrote to friends of mine: 'You're looking for eggs on Sunday and I'm looking for the coach,'” said EberL on Saturday evening in the catacombs of the stadium.

The alleged preferred candidate Xabi Alonso, however, announced on Friday (March 29) that he would remain at Bayer Leverkusen. "We have been working in a different direction for a long time and are trying to realize it," said the former Gladbach manager.