The Mainz sports director Christian Heidel wanted to make today's Dortmund coach Marco Rose an assistant to Thomas Tuchel.
Heidel told about this anecdote from 2009 in an interview with "Sky Sport News".
“That was a spectacular change of coach.
Then I wanted to bring Rosi in.
But Thomas already had the idea at the time that he would like to have a trained football teacher on the bench next to him.
Mainz - Marco Rose didn't have that back then, ”said Heidel.
On Saturday (3.30 p.m. / Sky), Roses today's club Borussia Dortmund and FSV Mainz 05 will meet in the Bundesliga.
The official would like the current coach Bo Svensson to stay longer in his own club and referred to the examples of Jürgen Klopp and Tuchel.
"It didn't hurt the two of them to develop here in Mainz and only take the next step at some point," said the 58-year-old Heidel.
dpa