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Rudi Völler
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Rudi Völler will not renew his contract as managing director with Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen, which will expire in 2022.
For him it was "the right time because the club is basically well positioned," said the 60-year-old of the "Sport Bild".
The association confirmed this to the WDR on request.
At Christmas he discussed the matter with his wife Sabrina.
“Since then, it has been clear: 2022 will be over for me.
At least in this form, ”said the former team boss of the German national team.
However, he did not rule out a return in another function after a break: "I will discuss with Mr. Wenning (Chairman of the Shareholders' Committee, d. Ed.) Whether it will continue in a different form".
When Völler came to Leverkusen in 1994, the club had won the cup the year before.
After a total of 21 years with the player and official Völler - interrupted by almost five years as a coach with the national team and AS Roma - no further title has been added.
“There's a longing for a title here, that's clear.
And I am self-critical enough to say that it was not enough for Bayer Leverkusen to have only reached and lost the final twice in the DFB Cup, "said Völler:" We were eliminated too often against teams that didn't may.
We were too careless.
We were all very angry about that and it got louder, especially because the DFB Cup is the best chance for a club like Bayer 04 to win a title. "
For the club, which has slipped to sixth place, entry into the Europa League is currently at stake.
Bayer recently released Peter Bosz as a coach.
Hannes Wolf, on loan from the DFB, is supposed to save the season.
ngo / dpa / sid
