Overview
- Sporting CEO Peter Christiansen will temporarily handle the role and is under scrutiny over transfer decisions and leadership.
- Head coach Paul Simonis was dismissed four days earlier, with U19 boss Daniel Bauer now leading the team on an interim basis.
- Wolfsburg have two wins from ten league games, sit 14th in the table, and exited the DFB-Pokal against second-tier Holstein Kiel.
- Internal criticism cited limited player contact and flawed squad building under Schindzielorz, including the costly Vini Souza signing reported as a misstep.
- German outlets report an active search for a permanent sporting director, naming candidates such as Christoph Freund, Sven Mislintat and Jonas Boldt.