Big concerns about "Icke" Häßler: world champion suffers from memory loss - cause still unknown
Created: 08/30/2022, 15:17
Thomas Häßler has to give up his coaching job due to health problems.
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Thomas Hässler has to give up his job as coach of the Berlin division club BFC Preussen.
The 1990 world champion is ill.
The cause is still unknown.
Berlin – Great worries about Thomas “Icke” Häßler: The 1990 world champion has to give up his job as coach of the Berlin league team BFC Preussen due to health problems.
"I'm currently not able to train a team as long as I don't know what I have," said the 56-year-old from the
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Hässler is on sick leave until further notice.
Thomas Häßler has to break off the speech: memory loss and tinnitus
Hässler wanted to give a speech before the game of BFC Preussen at Hilalspor on the 2nd matchday and suddenly complained of neck pain, reports the
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Accordingly, Hässler no longer knew what he wanted to say, had dropouts, suffered from memory loss and finally had to stop the speech.
In the meantime, tinnitus has also come on.
The causes of the health problems have not yet been determined.
On September 15, Hässler receives the results of the blood test.
"We are shocked by the state of health and are very concerned because nobody knows what the cause is," said Prussia's sporting director Pierre Seiffert.
"We currently do not know what Thomas has.
Football is great, but now it's about him getting healthy in peace," said Seiffert when asked by the German Press Agency.
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Thomas Häßler: The cause of the health condition is still unclear
The club has already reacted to the illness of the native of Berlin, Hässler, who has played for 1. FC Köln, Juventus Turin, AS Roma, Karlsruher SC, Borussia Dortmund and 1860 Munich in his career.
Daniel Volbert will look after the team until further notice.
The Berlin League will announce the personnel on Tuesday (5.30 p.m.) at a press conference.
Volbert is confident that he can help out at short notice.
"He knows the Berlin league inside and out," says Seiffert.
The games after the Hilalspor game were led by the two assistant coaches Thorben Marx (41/ex-Bundesliga professional at Hertha, Bielefeld and Gladbach) and Vincent Rabiega.
Prussia is 14th in the Berlin league after four match days, but has only scored one point.
"I spoke to Thomas for a very long time and we looked for a solution together," said Seiffert.
"We're not releasing him.
Thomas will always be a Prussian and I hope he comes back to us soon.
I'm appalled that I no longer have such a valuable coach on the sidelines – for an indefinite period.” Get well soon, “Icke”!
(ck/dpa)