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Official: Hertha Berlin appoints Michael Skibbe as new coach
The former Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen boss exercised a release clause in his contract with Turkish outfit Eskisehirspor to facilitate a return to Germany.
Dec 22, 2011 2:38:00 PM
By Mark Doyle
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Hertha Berlin has named Michael Skibbe as the man to succeed Markus Babbel as coach.
Babbel, who had announced his intention to step down at the end of the season, was sacked on Sunday and the club wasted little time in turning to Skibbe.
The former Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen boss, announced on Wednesday that he had decided to exercise a release clause in his contract with Turkish outfit Eskisehirspor to return to the Bundesliga.
"I am looking forward to working in Berlin," Skibbe is quoted as saying by Uefa.com after signing a deal which will tie him to the capital club until 2014. "I want to play attractive football with Hertha and to establish the team in the Bundesliga in the second half of the season. Hertha has a big reputation in German football and in the long term the club have to get back to where they belong: in the top third of the Bundesliga."
Hertha is currently 11th in the table but received a timely boost before the winter break by defeating Kaiserslautern on Wednesday night to reach the last eight of the DFB-Pokal.
Babbel, who had announced his intention to step down at the end of the season, was sacked on Sunday and the club wasted little time in turning to Skibbe.
The former Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen boss, announced on Wednesday that he had decided to exercise a release clause in his contract with Turkish outfit Eskisehirspor to return to the Bundesliga.
"I am looking forward to working in Berlin," Skibbe is quoted as saying by Uefa.com after signing a deal which will tie him to the capital club until 2014. "I want to play attractive football with Hertha and to establish the team in the Bundesliga in the second half of the season. Hertha has a big reputation in German football and in the long term the club have to get back to where they belong: in the top third of the Bundesliga."
Hertha is currently 11th in the table but received a timely boost before the winter break by defeating Kaiserslautern on Wednesday night to reach the last eight of the DFB-Pokal.
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