Overview
- Sporting director Rouven Schröder confirmed on Thursday that the club will not appoint a permanent head coach until after Saturday’s Bundesliga game against FSV Mainz 05 to avoid disrupting match prep.
- Jan-Moritz Lichte, who joined Gladbach this summer from Manchester City's youth setup, has been handed full responsibility as a one-match interim coach for the Mainz fixture.
- Schröder says he is in 'very good' talks with only two to three candidates and expects to present the new coach during the upcoming international break.
- Gladbach remain without a win and sit second-to-last in the table, prompting possible short-term lineup changes such as replacing Ko Itakura with 19-year-old Jan Leszczynski while keeping Moritz Nicolas as first-choice goalkeeper.
- The club’s quick decision to wait until after the Mainz game continues a pattern of early-season managerial turnover at Gladbach and raises pressure to stabilise results during the international pause.