Dusseldorf - As Norbert Meier, at 15.03 clock in the Fritz Walter, the conference hotel with OB Tulip Düsseldorf Joachim Erwin, Board Vice-Jürgen Marbach, and Fortuna President Peter Frymuth and board member Thomas Allofs entered was the long search for a successor to Uwe Weidemann terminated.
"We have our clear ideas implemented in recent weeks and may present a new Fortuna coach. Supervisory Board and Executive Committee have come together to a very good solution, "said Mayor Erwin relieved after the 39-day search.
On Friday, the leaders met and talked again with the final two candidates Milan Sasic and Meier. After the ex-Dresden crystallized as a favorite, Marbach cleared the final details with Meier at his home in Meerbusch.
"Between soccer table, billiard table, and the Carrera track, we have agreed quickly," says Marbach, who on Sunday after the contract is terminated by Meier at Dynamo Dresden, a contract to 30 June 2009 festzurrte, with a smile on his face. "For us, it is certainly not a last resort, after all, he knows more than any other liberal coach the Regionalliga Nord."
Meier, according to the 0:1-defeat Dynamos in Emden on 22 September lost his job, looking forward to the difficult but interesting task. "I had as a player and coach, many points of contact with Fortuna. The club is part of this environment and the stadium just back up. Therefore, the objective is clear: After years of abstinence, we now want to follow up with the team acts. "
Therefore, the former professional from Werder Bremen and Borussia Moenchengladbach calls from his players tomorrow a high level of professional opinion. "The guys have to live and think and Fortune are working hard every day. Because with the squad we are one of the four or five leading clubs in the league. "
The team will meet the new coach in tomorrow's first test lactate and then get an overview. Meier, who hopes that in the second half more consistency in performance: "In the beginning Fortuna took 20 of 24 points, then only 13 of twelve games. The defense is certainly the showpiece. But we need an increase in the offense. "
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