Now Hannover 96 boss: Wagner was once meant to join HSV! | OneFootball

Sandro Wagner is back in German professional football. In doing so, he is also providing a small HSV footnote.

The new Hannover 96 coach had already once been on the wishlist of a former Hamburg decision-maker. As Sport Bild reports, Jonas Boldt wanted to bring Wagner to the Volkspark during his time as HSV sporting director. According to the report, Boldt planned to appoint the former Germany international as U19 coach. However, Wagner declined and chose a different path instead. He then took his first steps as a coach with SpVgg Unterhaching in the 3. Liga.

Now the paths of the two have finally crossed after all. Boldt is now managing director in Hanover and presented Wagner this week as the new head coach of the Lower Saxony side. For the 38-year-old, it is his second spell as the man in charge in professional football. At the start of last season, he was in charge of FC Augsburg for twelve matches.

Wagner succeeds former HSV coach Titz

Now, a little less than a year later, he is heading to the Maschsee. After a disappointing start to the season with just seven points from six matches, Hannover 96 parted ways with Christian Titz. Here too, HSV is not entirely uninvolved. Titz took over the Rothosen in the second half of the 2017/18 season and at the time brought about a clear improvement in their play. Despite a clearly recognizable style and a solid points return, he was unable to prevent the first Bundesliga relegation in the club’s history.

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Nevertheless, Titz enjoyed strong backing around HSV and was also allowed to lead the team into the 2. Bundesliga season. All the greater, then, was the surprise when Hamburg dismissed the coach after just ten matchdays – even though HSV were fifth in the table and only two points behind the leaders. Many fans still cannot understand the decision made at the time in favor of Hannes Wolf.

Meanwhile, a new chapter is beginning for Wagner in Hanover. And for Boldt, things have come full circle: more than two years after his departure from Hamburg, the manager is finally getting the chance to work with the man who was once his preferred candidate.

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