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Cologne (dpa) - Friedhelm Funkel is supposed to save 1. FC Cologne as the successor to Markus Gisdol from relegation.
The 67-year-old confirms that the Cologne “Express” has contacts with his former club.
On (today) Monday the trainer veteran for the final conversation at Geißbockheim.
At around 9.30 p.m. on Sunday evening after the 2: 3 lost game against fellow rivals FSV Mainz 05, he received a call from sports director Horst Heldt.
“It looks good that we can do it.
I know that the task will be demanding, ”said Funkel, who was Cologne's head coach from 2002 to 2003, after talking to the FC managing director.
Gisdol had found out after eight games without a win in a row and the crash to a direct relegation place less than two hours after the game against Mainz of his exemption.
“The team has always given everything under difficult conditions that have been with us since the beginning of the season.
I wish my boys all the best for the season's final spurt and keep my fingers crossed for them and FC so that they stay in the Bundesliga, ”said the coach, who is leaving after 18 months.
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