Favre quits Monchengladbach role

“Announcing his resignation without consultation with the club was wrong”.

“I’ve come to the realisation that the best decision in this situation is for me to step down”, Favre said.

Favre took the reins in 2011 to form the “Foals” from a relegation team to a UEFA Champions League participant. “There were a lot of unbelievable, exhilarating moments…The time has come to make a change”.

“Jurgen won’t become new coach of Borussia Monchengladbach”, Kosicke said.

The club confirmed Favre’s departure shortly after his announcement broke.

The former Dortmund boss has already turned down a number of offers this summer, with Marseille notably being rebuffed in their attempts to convince him to take charge at the Stade Velodrome.

One report in the “Rheinische Post” newspaper says Favre was persuaded several times by sporting director Max Eberl to stay in the job.

Monchengladbach have had a disastrous start to the season with five straight defeats condemning them to the bottom of the Bundesliga table. With his public resignation he has created facts that flabbergasted us.

Gladbach face two league games this week at home to Augsburg on Wednesday then away to VfB Stuttgart, who are also winless, on Saturday and it is unclear who will now coach the team.

“My advice would be to get Jurgen Klopp”, Vogts told Aktuelle Nachrichten. ESPN FC’s Gabriele Marcotti sees him as a fixer, even comparing the 57-year-old to The Wolf from Pulp Fiction, and don’t be shocked if a top team decides to give the Swiss manager a chance once January has passed.