Jess Thorup or Alfred Schreuder - one of these two candidates will be the new coach of VfB Stuttgart.

At the weekend, Danish media reported that Jess Thorup was about to be hired by VfB. The Dane, who was sacked at FC Copenhagen a month ago, is said to have "made a convincing appearance" in the talks with Sven Mislintat and Alexander Wehrle, according to the image - but the Swabians are still waiting for the deal to be completed. Because: There is a second candidate.

As reported by kicker, this is Alfred Schreuder, who is currently in charge of top Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam. The Dutchman was on the coaching bench at TSG Hoffenheim in the 2019/20 season before becoming Ronald Koeman's assistant at FC Barcelona. Earlier this year, he took over as head coach at Club Brugge, where he impressed so much that Ajax signed the 49-year-old to succeed Erik ten Hag.

The central question is, of course, whether Ajax would let Schreuder go so quickly - and whether the coach would swap his job in Amsterdam, where titles and international business are the order of the day, for the coaching bench in Stuttgart. If not, Thorup should win.

According to the picture, a decision can only be expected after the cup game on Wednesday, possibly only after the following Bundesliga game against BVB.

This article was originally published on 90min.com/de as the 2nd candidate alongside Thorup: VfB also watches Schreuder.