Ante Šimundža is definitely not going to Graz, where Mitja Mörec was considered, but they decided to go for a local expert instead
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Grazer AK, after a very poor start to the new season and a crushing defeat in the city derby against Sturm, has expectedly changed their coach. Gernot Messner had to part ways, and in Graz, they didn’t search long for a new coach.
There were several candidates in the mix, including Ante Šimundža, and Austrian media also reported that Mitja Mörec, who has successfully led the second-division club Floridsdorfer AC for over 3 years, was of interest to the club’s leadership. Reportedly, there were even discussions between GAK and the former Slovenian youth international, but it remained just that.
GAK, where Tio Cipot plays, will not be coached by either Šimundža or Mörec. The decision-makers in Graz opted to trust a domestic coach, and the reins of the club, currently at the very bottom of the Austrian Bundesliga standings, have been handed to Rene Poms.
The 49-year-old, who signed a two-year contract with his new club, was last a coach in Greece, where he led PAS Giannina. He has also coached DSV Leoben and Osijek, and worked as an assistant coach at clubs like Dinamo Zagreb, Lech Poznań, Spezia, Austria Vienna, WAC, and LASK Linz, the next European opponent of Olimpija.
As for Ante Šimundža, it’s worth mentioning the latest rumor, reported by Nogomania: the current coach of Maribor might head to Slovakia, where he is allegedly in the plans of DAC Dunajská Streda, should the first-division club, funded in part by Hungarian investments, decide to make a coaching change.
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