Christoph Daum off to Fener

Big and surprising news this morning as Cologne FC Coach Christoph Daum unexpectedly canceled his contract to return to his second home Istanbul to coach the local club Fenerbahce. I can’t help it but this got an awkward smack of breach of trust. After a soap-opera kinda like office taking three years ago with press conferences held in hospitals, a lot of seesaws with quotes like ‘there are no pros and cons when it comes to love’ (great conclusion, though) and joyful elations in Cologne, the lost son leaves the city once again to return to his other love, Turkey. Media writes that he took this decision as he will earn 800.000 Euro more a year than in Germany bringing it to a total of an annual 3.5million Euro. Moreover, he was denied to go on a grand shopping tour in Cologne as the budget of the rather small club has shrunken after the transfer of 10million Euro man Lukas Podolski from Bayern Munich. The vacant position of the head coach has to be filled now, though the manhunt will become very competitive in the Bundesliga as four, maybe five other Bundesliga clubs are looking for new coaches:

Hamburger SV – Martin Jol leaving for Ajax Amsterdam.

Cologne FC – Christoph Daum leaving for Fenerbahce Istanbul.

Eintracht Frankfurt – Friedhelm Funkel had to resign after too much pressure from fans and the club.

Borussia Mönchengladbach – Hans Meyer resigned and retired, saying he’s too old for that.

Bayer Leverkusen (?) – Still on dispute, as Bruno Labbadia might get sacked or resigns himself in the next couple of days.

This reminds one less of a merry-go-round as there the positions get refilled, it’s more of a coconut shy where the coconuts or cans stay down.