The outside world may not expect that the Bundesliga "local tycoon" Hertha Berlin, which has invested nearly 180 million euros in the transfer market in the past three years, has now fallen into the relegation zone. Sure enough, Hertha Berlin officially announced today that head coach Taifon Korkut, who took over halfway this season, was officially dismissed. So, will former Bayern manager Kovac, who is now idle at home, take over Hertha's whip?
This season has been an absolute ups and downs for Hertha Berlin. Before the season, Hertha had rumors of a change of coach, but the management finally chose Daldaoy, who had coached the team twice, to stay in office, but did not want to stop the first 13 rounds of the league, Hertha Berlin only got 14 points, ranking 14th only one point ahead of the relegation zone, so Dardoi was dismissed again.
Next, the change of coaching of Herta's management shocked the German football world - Herta actually chose the Turk Kolkut, who had a poor record and bad reputation in the past, to take over, and announced that Kolcute would coach the team at least until the end of the season. It is conceivable that Kolkut did bring some motivation and promotion to the team when he first took office, such as the team's 3-2 defeat to strong opponents Dortmund in the final battle of the first half.
However, Korcout's problems in tactical design and crisis management cannot be concealed. Since the winter break of this season, Hertha Berlin, who has drawn 2 and lost 6, has not yet tasted victory, and the German Cup has also been eliminated by the same city rival Berlin United. In this round of the league, Korkut replaced as many as 6 starters and once again played in an unsafe 352 system, and the final result was still a 0-2 loss to Borussia Monchengladbach.
It was Hertha Berlin's fifth consecutive defeat at league level. At present, Hertha Berlin, which has only accumulated 23 points, has fallen to the bottom of the table, and relegation is not impossible. Considering that Korkute recently abandoned captain Boyata and goalkeeper Schvorov, and the most stable midfielder Zelda has also been reduced to a substitute, it is not difficult to understand that the players on the bench are still laughing when the team is behind - the internal chaos in Hertha Berlin can no longer be concealed.
In this regard, after the defeat, Bobik, general manager of Hertha Berlin, said in an interview with Sky Sports that he saw a team that was "all-out" and also saw a team that lacked "motivation". "I'm not the one who announced the big thing here after the game," Bobic said he would be talking to "colleagues and coaches behind the scenes" and would certainly "comment on that" the next day (today).
Perhaps, Korcout also seems to have felt his "end of class" in advance, and confessed that "the club is above all of us, including me of course." It should be added that the authoritative media "kickers" have affirmed Korkut's attitude, after all, in the more than 3 months of his coaching, there have been many negative news inside and outside Hertha Berlin, but Korcut has never issued any complaints.
For example, Hertha Berlin suffered a severe shortage due to the epidemic in February, general manager Bobic was estranged from the sports director Friedrich, who had just announced his departure six days ago, investor Windhorst and club management were in an open dispute, and the team also sent away center Piatek in the winter window – after scoring four goals in the last five games, Piatek was named the best player of February by his new owner Fiorentina.
In fact, since the arrival of the rich Windhorst, Hertha Berlin can be called the new local tycoon of the Bundesliga, and has invested nearly 180 million euros in the transfer market in the past three seasons. However, a series of problems originating from the management of Hertha Berlin have also been exposed since then, which can be called the new "Hollywood" of the Bundesliga. In addition to the latest contradiction described above, the most famous off-the-field incident is that Klinsmann, who was previously a member of the Supervisory Board, suddenly parted ways with the club during his interim managership, and Hertha has not been able to find a trustworthy manager.
In order to change the status quo, Hertha Berlin recruited Bobic as general manager through liquidated damages last summer, hoping to use the former Frankfurt director's ability to change the team. Unfortunately, Bobic's series of operations after coming to Herta were not bright spots, and the team did not advance and retreat under the new general manager, and now even fell into the relegation zone. So next, facing the first task, how does Bobic choose the "firefighting" coach?
According to German media reports, Hertha Berlin originally planned to change coaches this summer, and Schmidt, Kovac and Terzic are all important candidates. However, Schmidt's contract with Eindhoven has not expired, and Terzic is happy in the position of technical director at Dortmund, with only former Bayern boss Kovac, who is currently at home, who has the potential to take over Hertha.
Looking back at the 2015-16 season, Kovac was successful in "fighting fires" in Frankfurt and worked closely with Bobic.