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Mainz (dpa) - The new Mainz sports director Christian Heidel would not have expected a return to his ex-club for a long time.
“It was never part of my life planning to return to Mainz 05 again.
It all happened in the last three weeks, "said the 57-year-old" Bild am Sonntag ".
Heidel had worked for the Bundesliga club for almost a quarter of a century until 2016 before he switched to FC Schalke 04.
After leaving there in 2019, he received several requests to return to the football business.
“Yes, but I never made the big buzz.
Discussions remain confidential with me, "said Heidel, who found a timely solution to the coach question at table 17.
announced.
At the start of the year at Bayern this Sunday (6 p.m. / Sky), interim coach Jan Siewert sits on the bench.
"We will hopefully have a new coach in the coming week, with whom we will discuss everything else in three groups," announced Heidel, also with a view to the new sports director Martin Schmidt.
The Dane and former Mainz-based Bo Svensson is a favorite coach.
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