Manfred Stephen is now the new co-trainer Prefers. The 54-year-old replaces Thomas Small, who was released. Stephen, most recently co-trainer under Lucien Favre near Borussia Dortmund, has signed a contract by 2023 and was presented on Monday the team. The native Korschenbroicher has a Düsseldorf past: In the nineties he laced the football boots for the Fortuna for a season. He also played for Borussia Mönchengladbach. As a coach, he worked in various positions for the Gladbacher, also for the MTV Duisburg and most recently at the BVB. More balanced composition is sought Fortunes Sports Executor We Klein founded the personnel decision of the Rhine countries: After the sporting analysis, the Klaus Allows, Christian Presser and I have progressed intensively in recent weeks, was a result that we want to make a change in the assistant coach area. The aim is to make the official statement, the composition in the coaching team more balanced and set out wider. With Manfred Stephen, we c...