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7.03.2017Bayer 04

Tayfun Korkut starts at Bayer 04

Tayfun Korkut starts. Immediately after his official presentation at Bayer 04 he was introduced to the Werkself squad by Rudi Völler before going on to lead his first training session at the BayArena. A large number of fans and several representatives of the media made their way to the training ground to see the 42-year-old at work. And Korkut presented himself on his first day at work as he had previously announced: "communicative, approachable and honest."
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The new head coach gained important first impressions of his new team during the first session. "It's good I've got a couple of days before the next game," said Korkut: "I want to use them to get a feeling for the team." The second session held on Tuesday afternoon was behind closed doors.

Krösche and Wolf leave Bayer 04

The new boss was accompanied by his assistant Xaver Zembrod who was his number two at Hannover 96 and FC Kaiserslautern. The 50-year-old joined the coaching staff on Monday. Bayer 04 have parted company with Roger Schmidt as well as his assistant coach Markus Krösche and Jörn Wolf, the coordinator of the coaching and support staff.

Bellarabi shirt for the football museum

The next training session at the BayArena is on Wednesday (10.00 CET) and is open to the public. In the afternoon, CEO Michael Schade will present the shirt worn by Karim Bellarabi, when he scored the 50,000th goal in the history of the Bundesliga, to the German Football Museum in Dortmund.

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