Vfb axes Armin Veh

After falling to eleventh in the table and in the midst of five match winless run capped by Wolfsburg systematic 4-1 destruction of them, Vfb management fired manager Armin Veh and Alfons Higl.

VfB president Erwin Staudt said:

"In football, there are wonderful and also not so wonderful situations. We held talks with head coach Armin Veh yesterday evening and came to the conclusion that we are in need of change. Armin Veh and Alfons Higl have been relieved of their respective posts. It was a very difficult decision for us to make because we are very thankful what they achieved here over the past three years. I spoke with the team today too and made every individual very aware that he must call up his full potential. The dismissal of Armin Veh should not be seen as an alibi for the players. I expect everyone to be fully concentrated on the task at hand. This should really shake the team into action and hopefully we will use that in our approach to the up-coming tasks."

Vfb will now be led by Markus Babbel who ended his long playing career with die Roten last year

Erwin Staudt explained:

"Markus will take over in the position of team boss, Rainer Widmayer will operate as trainer. We hope that together, they can guide VfB back onto the road to success."