Sven Mislintat has criticized the reporting on VfB Stuttgart's search for a coach. In addition, the sports director of the Swabians denied that his relationship with CEO Alexander Wehrle was disturbed.

When asked about the search for a successor to the sacked Pellegrino Matarazzo, Mislintat said (via kicker): "Please don't take that as too much criticism. But what a name dropping there was at the end of the day …" Of the numerous names that had been rumored in the media, only one actually made it into the narrower circle of candidates for VfB, the 49-year-old continued. The sports director did not want to reveal who it was. In the meantime, it seems to be clear anyway that Stuttgart want to sign Jess Thorup, who last worked at FC Copenhagen.

Sebastian Hoeneß, Zsolt Löw and Domenico Tedesco, among others, appeared in the rumor mill. According to kicker, the names of Adi Hütter and Dino Toppmöller also circulated among the decision-makers, with whom there is said to have been no contact. Basically, according to the sports magazine, those responsible were bothered by the fact that there was talk in the media of cancellations by the coaches mentioned. In fact, VfB would have felt for many of the currently available candidates without making a concrete offer.

With his statements about the search for a coach, Mislintat repeated what Alexander Wehrle had said the day before. The CEO had told Sky that many of the alleged cancellations would come from coaches with whom the Swabians had never had a conversation. In addition, Wehrle had emphasized that the coaching decision would be made between two candidates who had not yet appeared on the public radar. The current message about Jess Thorup also fits in with this.

Mislintat also agreed with his boss about reports of an alleged rift between the two officials. Like Wehrle, Mislintat made it clear that the mutual relationship was intact. "There are no dissonances," affirmed the sporting director.

This article was originally published on 90min.com/de as Medienschelte: Mislintat about the search for a coach and the relationship with Wehrle.