USMNT's top assistant coach expresses interest in Werder Bremen job
United States assistant coach Andreas Herzog would be open to becoming the new Werder Bremen manager. The 48-year-old spent five years at Werder Bremen as a player and, with the club having fired manager Viktor Skripnik on Sunday, was asked by Sport1 if he would want to become the new boss at the Weserstadion. Unsurprisingly, he expressed interest in it.
"Everyone knows that Werder Bremen is still my club and is still near and dear to me," Herzog told Sport1, starting that "everyone would like to do it."
"Werder Bremen are very interesting, but I don't want to put my name forward."
Herzog is Jurgen Klinsmann's top assistant on the U.S. staff and has been with the team ever since Klinsmann was hired in 2011. He picked up U-23 national team manager duties last year, although his team failed to qualify for the 2016 Olympics. Previously, he coached for his home country, serving as an assistant and youth coach with the Austria national team, so he has never coached at the club level.
It's natural for an assistant coach to be interested in becoming a manager and that's especially true when the job at question is in the Bundesliga and at a club where he had a great run as a player. Herzog would undoubtedly jump at the chance to manage Werder Bremen and it would have nothing to do with the U.S. or his relationship to them. It would simply be an incredible opportunity.
That said, there is nothing that indicates Werder Bremen is interested in hiring him. That's not to say they aren't either. But so far, Werder have only said that they will conduct a thorough search and no names have come up from the club. This was simply a radio station asking a question and Herzog giving a reasonable, respectful response.
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