Arsenal News: Former Gunners goaltender, Jens Lehmann, joins Augsburg coaching team

The Bundesliga team, Augsburg, has named the former goalkeeper of Germany and Arsenal, Jens Lehmann, to the coaching staff of the club.

Lehmann was part of Arsene Wenger's back-room team at Emirates Stadium, but left the club after the arrival of Unai Emery last year. .

He joins Tobias Zellner, Michael Wimmer and Jonas Scheuermann in Manuel Baum's coaching staff at the Augsburg Arena.

"Augsburg has been incredibly developed in recent years," said Lehmann on the club's official website. "It's a great opportunity for me to work as an badistant Bundesliga coach and help players reach their full potential on the pitch."

Baum is delighted to add Lehmann to his team. His team, 15th in the Bundesliga, made three draws and lost seven of his last 10 league games and only one point in the playoffs.

"I am pleased to announce that Jens Lehmann will join the club as an badistant coach," he said. "He's a game expert, who has a lot of experience, I'm looking forward to working with him and I'm sure he'll improve our team and our work on and off the job." ground."

Managing Director Stefan Reuter added: "A coaching team has to work on a multitude of diverse and in-depth tasks, so we came to the conclusion that we wanted to expand our coaching team so that it specializes in different activities. .

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"Naming Jens Lehmann is absolutely incredible – he will work alongside Manuel Baum to develop our team every day on and off the field."

The former goalkeeper of the Gunners has spent most of his career in Germany, playing nearly a decade with Schalke. After a brief spell in Milan, Lehmann returned to the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund, where he played four seasons.

After five years at Arsenal, which was one of the club's "Invincibles" in his first season, Lehmann returned to Germany with Stuttgart before finishing his career with just one appearance for Arsenal in 2011.