🚨 Is Wagner taking over now? Second-tier club sacks manager! | OneFootball

What had been looming for several days is now official: Hannover 96 and head coach Christian Titz are parting ways. The Lower Saxony club announced the news on Monday evening. The reason is the botched start to the season, with just four points from five games.

"It was our shared goal to build on the previous season," explained sporting director Jonas Boldt, referring to fourth place in the table and the narrowly missed promotion.

Accordingly, there was "justified hope that we could carry a certain momentum into the new season. Unfortunately, that has not materialized in the way we wanted." The consequence is an immediate separation.

According to reports by 'Sky' and 'Bild', the leading candidate to succeed Titz is none other than Sandro Wagner. The former assistant coach of the German national team has been without a club since leaving FC Augsburg.

However, a deal has not yet been finalized. "There will be an interim solution for the upcoming league match against VfL Bochum," Hannover announced. That task will fall to U23 coach Lars Barlemann. The club plans to announce a permanent successor in the near future.

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