Hull City will this week hope to finally clinch the signing of Tim Walter to take over at the MKM Stadium three weeks after Liam Rosenior left.
Walter, the former Hamburg chief has been locked in talks with Tigers owner Acun Ilicali and vice-chairman Tan Kesler for a lengthy period of time as both sides carry out their due diligence.
That process is coming to an end now and the club are hopeful of confirming their new boss publically later this week and then pressing on with a busy summer of recruitment.
Where are we?
It’s three weeks since Liam Rosenior was sacked after the regular Championship season came to an end with the Tigers losing at Plymouth Argyle.
City hoped to have Tim Walter in place by now but negotiations have been ongoing for the past couple of weeks and Hull Live understands from sources close to the negotiations that an agreement is close and will likely be made towards the end of this week after visa applications were made for Walter and his two staff
A final announcement could come by the end of this week with Walter’s first press conference as City’s new boss potentially happening over the weekend or early next week.
What has Acun Ilicali said?
“Actually, I always believe – one of the guys in our team, a British guy, I respect him so much, he was in our team when I bought the club, I’m very close with him now, this guy said to me one thing very clearly: ‘The success comes when the owner and coach are on the same page when they are very merged the success comes. In my own life, we were always successful when we work together. With Liam we had it and we were number seven and we are proud.
“With this guy, this time, forget about the character’s mentality, the football mentality is what I dreamed of for our club. Tim Walter is coming from Bayern [Munich] Under-17s, who has produced many talents in football. He has a 1.82 [points] average in Hamburg.
“His football mentality is the one I’ve dreamed of. He plays new-generation football with an attacking style of football. At the moment, everything looks very good and I’m very optimistic.”
What do we know about Walter?
First and foremost, he is an attack-minded person. Even though his Hamburg squad finished as the best scorers in the 2. Bundesliga the previous season, they were eventually unsuccessful in getting promoted back to Germany’s top division—something that a number of managers have failed to accomplish in recent years.
Walter is a fiery, passionate, and passionate manager who is well-liked by his players and supporters. However, the media has reported that he can be harsh at times, especially when things aren’t going as smoothly as he’d like.
Walter will be tasked with managing the MKM Stadium, where Ilicali is looking for a manager who can win more football games than it did under Liam Rosenior. The goal is to entertain as well as win.
Rosenior brought Justin Walker and Ben Warner with him but both of those have departed the club, but Andy Dawson remains and will form part of Walter’s backroom team. His Hamburg assistant Julian Hübner will also join him at the MKM Stadium along with former coach Filip Tapalovic.
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