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BERLIN (AP) – Jürgen Klinsmann’s sudden departure from Hertha Berlin has left the door open for demoted goalkeeping coach Zsolt Petry to return to the team.
The Bundesliga club said Petry was returning “with immediate effect” on Wednesday, one day after Klinsmann surprisingly announced he was quitting as coach.
Klinsmann demoted Petry after his appointment as coach on Nov. 27, replacing the experienced Hungarian for four weeks with Germany national team goalkeeping coach Andreas Köpke, then calling up Max Steinborn, previously with Hertha’s under-23s, to replace Köpke once he left.
Hertha said Steinborn will return to the under-23s “but regularly support the coaching team of the senior team over the course of the second half of the season.