Gerardo Seoane arrives at the stadium before the game. © Sven Hoppe/dpa
Borussia Mönchengladbach have found a successor for coach Daniel Farke. Former Leverkusen coach Gerardo Seoane is expected to lead the club back into successful times.
Mönchengladbach - Gerardo Seoane will be the new coach at Borussia Mönchengladbach. The 44-year-old Swiss succeeds Daniel Farke and has signed a three-year contract with the Bundesliga club from the Lower Rhine region. "Gerardo Seoane has worked successfully in various positions over the past few years. He is a young but experienced coach who fits in with our approach to football and we are delighted to have him at Borussia Mönchengladbach with immediate effect," Gladbach sporting director Roland Virkus was quoted as saying in a club statement on Tuesday.
Born in Lucerne, Seoane most recently worked at Bayer Leverkusen, where he was replaced by Xabi Alonso at the beginning of October. In Gladbach, he is now to accompany and shape the upcoming upheaval.
In addition to appointing a new head coach, Borussia also presented a new sporting director in Nils Schmadtke. The 34-year-old son of new Liverpool sporting director Jörg Schmadtke most recently worked as head of the scouting department at VfL Wolfsburg. "With these personnel decisions, we are positioning ourselves more broadly in the sporting management," said Virkus. "Nils Schmadtke will take over the organisational management of the licensing area, he will be part of the sporting management team of our licensing area alongside Steffen Korell (Director of Scouting and Squad Planning) and myself."
After a season analysis, Borussia announced the expected separation from Farke last Friday. The 46-year-old did not manage to convince those responsible at Borussia last season. As in the previous year, Gladbach finished tenth in the league. Many problems have been with the team for some time, and the task will be correspondingly difficult for Seoane. Borussia have scheduled the start of training for 9 July. Two weeks later, the training camp at Lake Tegernsee will take place. Dpa
