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Concerns about Thomas "Icke" Hässler

Thomas "Icke" Häßler has been coaching the Berlin amateur club BFC Preussen since 2019.

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Concerns about Thomas "Icke" Hässler

Thomas "Icke" Häßler has been coaching the Berlin amateur club BFC Preussen since 2019. The cooperation is suspended for the time being, despite a long-term contract until 2025. On the homepage, the sixth division club speaks of an "illness" of the 56-year-old world champion from 1990 and European champion from 1996.

According to BILD, Hässler suffers from memory loss, but there is still no precise diagnosis. "I'm currently not in a position to coach a team as long as I don't know what I have," Hässler is quoted as saying. He had to break off a speech before the game at Hilalspor in mid-August.

As a replacement, Daniel Volbert, who last served at Oberliga club CFC Hertha 06, will be introduced late Tuesday afternoon. "He knows the Berlin league inside and out," said sporting director Pierre Seiffert of the German Press Agency. The club announced a press conference for 5:30 p.m. It is not yet known how the assistant coaching team around Thorben Marx and Vincent Rabiega will continue.

BFC Preussen secured promotion from the state league to the Berlin league last season with two victories in the relegation against Stern Britz. After a moderate start to the season, the team is in 14th place with one point after four games. In the last two games, Hässler was no longer on the bench. "We currently do not know what Thomas has. Football is great, but now it's about him recovering in peace," said Seiffert. Hässler will not be released. "Thomas will always be a Prussian and I hope he comes back to us soon."

Hässler played 101 games for the German national team (11 goals) during his active career. In the Bundesliga he played for 1. FC Köln, Karlsruher SC, Borussia Dortmund and 1860 Munich, in Italy for Juventus Turin and AS Roma. He never won a title at club level.

From 2006 to 2011, Hässler was a technical coach in the professional and youth divisions of 1. FC Köln. Before joining BFC Preussen, he coached Club Italia for three and a half years, which merged with Berlin United in January 2018. He led the club into the Berlin league but was sacked before starting there.

Two weeks ago he gave an interview to "Kicker". "Every now and then I'm asked why I don't train at a higher level," he said: "Honest football is also played in the 6th or 7th league. I feel valued by the Prussians. And if you're still successful... I don't need anything else."

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