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Mark van Bommel becomes a coach at the Belgian first division club Royal Antwerpen. (Image: dpa)
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Antwerp – Seven months after his release from VfL Wolfsburg, former Bayern captain Mark van Bommel has a new coaching job. The Belgian first division club FC Royal Antwerpen announced the commitment of the 45-year-old Dutchman.
Van Bommel signed a two-year contract with the club of former Werder striker Johannes Eggestein. Van Bommel only switched to Wolfsburg last year as the successor to Oliver Glasner. After eight competitive games without a win, the Bundesliga soccer club parted ways with the runner-up from 2010 in October. His successor Florian Kohfeldt also had to leave VfL in the meantime.
The former European Cup finalists from Antwerp have big ambitions thanks to the financial backing of their wealthy president. The club won the Belgian Cup in 2020 and met Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League preliminary round in 2021. FC Royal finished fourth in the Belgian league last season.
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