Former Hertha boss Ante Covic, who only took charge in July after six years coaching the reserves, has been dismissed after Sunday's 4-0 thrashing at mid-table Augsburg, the club's fourth straight league defeat. Hertha tweeted on Wednesday that Klinsmann will "take over the post until the end of the season." He was head coach of Germany from 2004 until the 2006 World Cup, when the hosts reached the semi-finals under his stewardship. He briefly coached Bayern from 2008 until 2009, but was then made head coach of the United States team from 2011 until 2016, guiding them to the last 16 of the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil. Klinsmann's first game in charge of Hertha will be Saturday's home game against Borussia Dortmund at Berlin's Olympic Stadium.

Source: The Local November 27, 2019 11:03 UTC