Overview
- Nouri will take over franchises in Herzogenrath and neighboring Kohlscheid, according to reports citing Süddeutsche Zeitung.
- He completed McDonald's franchise onboarding, including hands-on burger preparation, and undertook additional training.
- Nouri called the move "completely new territory" and said he is "here to learn."
- The 46-year-old previously coached Werder Bremen and had short stints at Ingolstadt, Hertha BSC, and AO Kavala, and he has not held a professional head-coach role since March 2022.
- He frames restaurant management as a people-focused task similar to coaching, and observers note a precedent with Holger Stanislawski running a Rewe supermarket.