Which coach has the best points per game average in charge of Mainz? If you answered Jurgen Klopp or Thomas Tuchel, you’d be wrong, because current boss Bo Svensson’s record tops even those of his UEFA Champions League-winning predecessors.
Bo Svensson arrived at Mainz at the start of 2021 with the Bundesliga club in crisis, having already sacked two coaches and facing relegation to the second tier. The Dane was an inexperienced gamble, but that gamble has paid off, with the Rhineland club going from strength to strength. Can he go on to replicate two of the clubs’ now-famous former coaches? His journey so far suggests that he can surpass the records set by that his masters.
Brighton are currently without a manager following Graham Potter’s swift departure to Chelsea and were expected to have midfielder Adam Lallana as player/manager for their next game. However, their derby with Crystal Palace has been postponed, meaning the Seagull’s next fixture will be on October 1 against Liverpool, giving owner Tony Bloom’s side to hire a new coach in time – and Bo Svensson looks like the favourite to replace the now Chelsea manager at Amex Stadium.
For 15 years now, Mainz has been something of a factory churning out world-class managers. First came Jurgen Klopp. Then Thomas Tuchel. Svensson played under both those Champions League winning coaches during their time with Mainz. He is on record as saying that he would not be where he is today had he not been lucky enough to learn from two of the best coaches of their generations.
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But now the apprentice is becoming the master. Klopp averaged 1.13 points per game as Mainz manager. Tuchel 1.41. Svensson eclipses both, earning 1.56 points per game. So who is Bo Svensson, the mysterious manager Brighton wants to hire?
Who is Bo Svensson?
Born in Skorping, Northern Jutland, Svensson started playing youth football with Copenhagen reserve club Kjobenhavns Boldklub in 1996. He was moved to the first-team squad in 1999, under manager Kim Brink, becoming a regular first-team player by the start of the millennium.
In July 2000, future England manager Roy Hodgson was appointed Copenhagen manager. Under his leadership, the club went from mid-table obscurity to becoming the 2001 Danish Superliga champions. It was Copenhagen’s first championship since 1993…
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