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The Star
01-07-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Soccer-Wolfsburg's 'Gouda Guardiola' Simonis is big fan of Man City coach
BERLIN (Reuters) -Dutch coach Paul Simonis earned the nickname 'Gouda Guardiola' for his faint resemblance to Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, but the new VfL Wolfsburg boss said on Tuesday he was actually a fan of the real thing. Simonis, who took over at Wolfsburg for the coming season after leading Dutch side Go Ahead Eagles to their first ever Dutch KNVB Cup victory in April, said Guardiola was one of the coaches who inspired him. He also named Paris St Germain's Luis Enrique and Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa. "Good question," Simonis told a press conference when asked about which coaches inspired him. "I really like, not because he looks like (me), but I really like Pep Guardiola. "He looks like me. I was already bald before he was bald. What I like about these guys is how the players talk about them. If you take good care of them, they will pay you back." "These types are capable of doing that, besides having a good technical and tactical plan to watch the games," Simonis added. The Bundesliga season starts on August 22. (Reporting by Karolos GrohmannEditing by Christian Radnedge)
Straits Times
01-07-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Wolfsburg's 'Gouda Guardiola' Simonis is big fan of Man City coach
BERLIN - Dutch coach Paul Simonis earned the nickname 'Gouda Guardiola' for his faint resemblance to Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, but the new VfL Wolfsburg boss said on Tuesday he was actually a fan of the real thing. Simonis, who took over at Wolfsburg for the coming season after leading Dutch side Go Ahead Eagles to their first ever Dutch KNVB Cup victory in April, said Guardiola was one of the coaches who inspired him. He also named Paris St Germain's Luis Enrique and Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa. "Good question," Simonis told a press conference when asked about which coaches inspired him. "I really like, not because he looks like (me), but I really like Pep Guardiola. "He looks like me. I was already bald before he was bald. What I like about these guys is how the players talk about them. If you take good care of them, they will pay you back." "These types are capable of doing that, besides having a good technical and tactical plan to watch the games," Simonis added. The Bundesliga season starts on August 22. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
The National
26-06-2025
- Automotive
- The National
Cerny 'up for sale' after talks with new Wolfsburg manager
The former Rangers winger enjoyed an excellent loan spell at Rangers, but the Ibrox club didn't have an agreement in place for a purchase option with the Bundesliga club. He was set to return to pre-season training in Germany and his future hinged on whether the club's new manager, Dutch boss Simonis, would see him as part of his plans. Read more: But reports in Germany have confirmed Cerny is now officially on the transfer list with Wolfsburg having to seriously cut their bloated squad for the new season because of ongoing financial problems with owners, German car giants Volkswagen, who have their headquarters in the Lower Saxony city. They are planning to lay off around 35,000 of their workforce - a quarter of their entire total - to save an estimated £3.5 billion over the next five years. Those measures have filtered their way back to the football club, who will make severe cuts and trim their playing staff too. And Cerny has been told he will be allowed to leave, along with Tiago Tomas, who has been linked with a move to Bayer Leverkusen, with the sale of both of them expected to bring in a sizeable bonanza for Wolfsburg. Former Celtic defender Moritz Jenz has also been told he is surplus to requirements, along with Bartol Franjic, Nicolas Cozza and Kofi Amoako.
The Herald Scotland
26-06-2025
- Automotive
- The Herald Scotland
Cerny 'up for sale' after talks with new Wolfsburg manager
He was set to return to pre-season training in Germany and his future hinged on whether the club's new manager, Dutch boss Simonis, would see him as part of his plans. Read more: But reports in Germany have confirmed Cerny is now officially on the transfer list with Wolfsburg having to seriously cut their bloated squad for the new season because of ongoing financial problems with owners, German car giants Volkswagen, who have their headquarters in the Lower Saxony city. They are planning to lay off around 35,000 of their workforce - a quarter of their entire total - to save an estimated £3.5 billion over the next five years. Those measures have filtered their way back to the football club, who will make severe cuts and trim their playing staff too. And Cerny has been told he will be allowed to leave, along with Tiago Tomas, who has been linked with a move to Bayer Leverkusen, with the sale of both of them expected to bring in a sizeable bonanza for Wolfsburg. Former Celtic defender Moritz Jenz has also been told he is surplus to requirements, along with Bartol Franjic, Nicolas Cozza and Kofi Amoako.
Fox Sports
12-06-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Wolfsburg hires surprise Dutch Cup winner Paul Simonis as new coach
Associated Press WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — Wolfsburg hired Paul Simonis as its new coach on Thursday after he won the Netherlands' top cup competition with his previous club Go Ahead Eagles. The 40-year-old Simonis joins on a two-year contract with a task to 'realign VfL Wolfsburg with fresh impetus,' managing director for sport Peter Christiansen said. Simonis' Dutch Cup win with Go Ahead Eagles in April was a surprise for a club which hadn't won a major trophy in 92 years, and came in his first career head coach role. The team's league finish of seventh was also its best in decades. He replaced Ralph Hasenhüttl after the former Southampton and Leipzig coach was fired with two games remaining of the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg finished 11th under stand-in Daniel Bauer. Simonis will be Wolfsburg's sixth permanent coach since 2021, the last year when it qualified for the men's Champions League. ___ AP soccer: in this topic
