VfL Wolfsburg: Arnold criticizes Mark van Bommel – comparison with Glasner & Kohfeldt

Comparison with Glasner & Kohfeldt

For the second time within four months, VfL Wolfsburg changed coaches in October. Mark van Bommel had to take his hat off after only 13 games, Florian Kohfeldt took over. Bundesliga record player and ex-captain Maximilian Arnold drew a sobering assessment of the Dutchman’s work around a month and a half after his dismissal.

“First of all: I got on very well with him. But even if you shouldn’t do it, you as a player compare. And although we won the first four games of the season, we still lacked the intensity that distinguished us last season. The victories felt different, “said the 27-year-old in an interview with the” kicker “.

Especially in comparison with former coach Oliver Glasner, who had led the “Wolves” into the Champions League last year and went to Eintracht Frankfurt for 1.8 million euros in the summer, van Bommel missed important attributes, which was what the negative series for Arnold explained: “At times we played with a carelessness that we hadn’t seen in the previous season. You had to crack your ass, we always played at full throttle. (…) We are not a team that regulates something like that by itself, we have to blame ourselves for that. We should have asked for more, especially for the game against the ball. We trained that over and over again under Glasner. He was obsessed with his idea – and that carried over to the team. A trainer has to annoy us. “

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Under Kohfeldt, VfL had a similar start in the past few weeks as under van Bommel. After three wins at the start, there were four games without a threesome, at the weekend it was 3-0 at FSV Mainz 05. According to Arnold, the team needs “a little time so that we can internalize his philosophy”, but he is generally satisfied with the work of the former Werder coach. Mainly because the 39-year-old has increased the much-mentioned intensity again: “He’s putting his finger in the wound, yes.”

Maximilian Arnold can “very well imagine” the end of his career at VfL Wolfsburg

With now 265 Bundesliga games, Arnold is the sole record holder in the history of the Wolfsburg club. This brand “means a lot to me, of course. Now the goal is to keep increasing this number of games, ”said the midfielder, who was called back to the national team for the first time in seven years in November.