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VfL Wolfsburg Parts Ways with Coach Simonis Amidst โ€Squad Concerns

WOLFSBURG – VfL Wolfsburg has relieved headโข coach Niko Simonis of his duties, the โขclub โคconfirmed today. โคThe decisionโฃ follows a period of underperformance and mounting criticism surrounding the team’s squad โขcomposition and internal dynamics. โ€ŒReports indicate that former coaches โ€ŒThomas Fischer,Markus Walter,and Bruno Labbadia were consideredโฃ as potential replacements.

Simonis arrived at Wolfsburgโ€ in the summer, recommended for leading Go Ahead Eagles Deventer to their first Dutch Cup victory in 92 โ€Œyears. He was tasked with implementing a more dominant, possession-based โ€Œstyle of play, but failed to achieve tangible results. โ€‹The dismissal comes amidโข a sporting โ€‹crisis, with Simonis appearing โ€Œincreasingly unable to address the team’s struggles.

The core of Wolfsburg’s issues stems fromโ€ summer โขsquad planning โขoverseen by โขsporting director Marcelโ€ Schรคfer and โ€ŒSebastian Schindzielorz. Transfers like Vinicius Souza and Jesper Lindstrรธm have failed to meetโ€Œ expectations, and the team lacked a crucial center forward addition. โ€‹Evenโ€‹ the signing of Christian Eriksen has yet to yield a positive impact, given existing midfield depth.

Adding to the โคchallenges, captain Maximilian Arnold and goalkeeper Marius Mรผller publicly acknowledgedโ€‹ a lack of cohesion and attitude problems within the โขsquad – issues Simonis was unableโ€Œ to resolve. Schรคfer,who arrived in 2024 to restructure the club,and Schindzielorz now faceโฃ increasing scrutiny,with their positionsโค reportedly under discussion within the club.

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