{"id":125759,"date":"2025-05-23T16:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T16:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/125759\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T16:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T16:55:10","slug":"michael-wimmer-leaves-motherwell-to-return-to-germany-for-family-reasons-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/125759\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Wimmer leaves Motherwell to return to Germany for family reasons \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Motherwell have \u201cvery reluctantly\u201d allowed Michael Wimmer to leave the club and return to Germany for family reasons after three months in charge at Fir Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Wimmer has been confirmed as manager of\u00a0 SSV Jahn Regensburg after the Steelmen accepted a compensation offer from the German third-tier club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Motherwell made major attempts to help Wimmer\u2019s family deal with being apart from the 44-year-old but another personal issue arose as the season came to a close which meant he felt he had to move home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A club statement revealed Wimmer had reached out to chairman Kyrk Macmillan and chief executive Brian Caldwell to explain he would like to stay in Germany after returning home this week.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/sport\/soccer\/don-cowie-says-struggling-staggies-cannot-afford-to-feel-sorry-for-themselves-ZSPBM4LFCZNEFM2VUJJP2YDFLM\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Don Cowie says struggling Staggies cannot afford to feel sorry for themselves\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/QXCBS4JYE5NLVGNEXMBYX4BHLQ.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/sport\/soccer\/5-talking-points-ahead-of-arsenals-champions-league-final-clash-with-barcelona-NOYM3ART2FP6VM5B377VI576KE\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"5 talking points ahead of Arsenal&#x2019;s Champions League final clash with Barcelona\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Y4GQZADVXNODFCKYQ3UB5A2VDU.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A statement added: \u201cWimmer explained the reasons for wishing to accept the new role were predominantly due to major family issues that have recently arisen in Germany.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We can confirm that Michael Wimmer has departed the club to become manager of German side SSV Jahn Regensburg.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GTMG5hSgab\">https:\/\/t.co\/GTMG5hSgab<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WX5fgQLHR7\">pic.twitter.com\/WX5fgQLHR7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Motherwell FC (@MotherwellFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MotherwellFC\/status\/1925928475694641553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cFollowing extensive conversations with Michael, the club very reluctantly negotiated a compensation package with SSV Jahn Regensburg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The former Austria Vienna manager said in a statement: \u201cI want to thank the board and all the staff at the club for the way they welcomed me to Scotland and also supported me so much from when I arrived in February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThey have done everything to support me and my family during my time here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis has been an ongoing, extremely difficult position that I have found myself in, and the club have done all they could to support me during these challenging times, both whilst I was in post and while I have been back in Germany.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Wimmer and Andy Halliday celebrate victory at Ibrox\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/W2Z2JAG7XJPCVBLLEN5MZY4L3U.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"525\"\/>Wimmer and Andy Halliday celebrate victory at Ibrox (Andrew Milligan\/PA) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI am sorry to all the Motherwell fans; the support you have shown me has been outstanding, and I have loved learning about this wonderful club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis decision was an extremely hard one for me to make. However, I have decided to move back home, as I need to put my family first and be with them, and I want to thank the board for the understanding shown through these challenging times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI hope the club can continue to progress next season. I really enjoyed the time I spent in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThere are great people at the club who are ambitious and want the best for the club going forward. I only wish everyone at Motherwell FC the very best for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Motherwell wished Wimmer and his family all the best and added that they would start the\u00a0process of recruiting a new manager with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Michael Wimmer leaves Scotland with five wins under his belt\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IX2JEEQOMZMOVMLFPIWI2YCPHI.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/>Michael Wimmer leaves Scotland with five wins under his belt (Andrew Milligan\/PA) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Wimmer ended his short spell in charge unbeaten at Fir Park and with victory over Rangers at Ibrox to remember.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He had the team pushing for the top six in the William Hill Premiership until the final moments before the split and they ran Hearts close for seventh place before finishing eighth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He won five of his 12 games in charge after succeeding Stuart Kettlewell, who stepped down in late January.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motherwell have \u201cvery reluctantly\u201d allowed Michael Wimmer to leave the club and return to Germany for family reasons&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824,55701,31691,712,1638,10031,16],"class_list":{"0":"post-125759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany","11":"tag-michael-wimmer","12":"tag-motherwell","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-scottish-premiership","15":"tag-soccer","16":"tag-uk"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114558200958609169","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}