Overview

• Christian Titz has signed a two-year contract with Hannover 96, succeeding André Breitenreiter after months of negotiations.
• Hannover has paid a reported €500,000 transfer fee to Magdeburg, with a further €200,000 due if the club secures promotion.
• Titz will bring assistant coach André Kilian and reunite with sporting director Ralf Becker, his former colleague at Hamburger SV.
• Over four-and-a-half years at Magdeburg, Titz led the team from 3. Liga relegation danger to a fifth-place finish in the 2. Bundesliga.
• 1. FC Magdeburg has appointed 39-year-old Markus Fiedler, currently of uttgStuttgart II, to take charge on June 23 and sustain its second-tier momentum.