The Top-candidate-traded former Dortmund footballer Alexander Free the successor of Mirko Slomka as coach of Hannover 96 will not. “Alexander has told us, after consultation with the leaders of the FC Basel, that he fulfilled his contract with the Swiss club”, say it in a on Friday published on the Association notice of the state of lower Saxony.

Free the U18 Swiss trained currently. Hannover is thanked in the statement “for the good talks” with the 40-Year-old.

the day before had explained 96-sporting Director Jan Schlaudraff, he wanted to play the new Coach at the latest after the away when 1. FC Heidenheim on Sunday present. “That was the beginning of our Plan. It should not take so long for the new man also has the time in the international break,” had Schlaudraff said on Thursday. Hannover had separated on the last Sunday of head coach Mirko Slomka. In Heidenheim, the two former assistant Asif Saric and Lars Barlemann will be responsible for supervising the Team of the lower Saxony. (dpa)

Created: 08.11.2019, 14:23 PM