Current VfB Stuttgart coach Christian Gross
Stuttgart have picked up the box labelled ‘our midfielders‘, turned it upside down, and given it an almighty shake.
Alexander Hleb (back to Barcelona),Roberto Hilbert (Beşiktaş) and Martin Lanig (Köln) are all gone, and Sami Khedira, so impressive in the recent World Cup and U21 European Championships, appears Bernabéu-bound.
However, these losses aren’t necessarily all negatives – Hleb was painfully inconsistent, Lanig was deputy in the defensive midfield position to the classy Christian Träsch, while it seems Hilbert and Khedira have been or will be replaced directly. Continue reading
Defensive Midfielder 