Official: Hertha Berlin appoint 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
Hertha Berlin have 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 have 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 in order to return to the Bundesliga.
"I am looking forward to working in Berlin," Skibbe told 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 it belongs: in the top third of the Bundesliga."
Hertha are 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. - http://www.goal.com
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