Felix magath shandong province

Chinese Super League (CSL) team Shandong Luneng Taishan announced on Friday that manager Felix Magath would be leaving the side. According to a statement posted on Magath’s official Twitter account, it was a “mutual decision.”

“We agreed to finish our working relationship following the end of this year’s [CSL] season.

The decision making process proceeded fair and straight-forward from both sides at any time, which I really appreciate.”

“This farewell after a very successful transition from fighting relegation to establishing the club among the league’s top clubs, is kind of hard for me.

Especially because all the people at the club and around touched me with their warmth and openness. Thank you all for that.”

“It was both a pleasure and a huge challenge for me to live and work in [China.] The people literally are as amazing as their country.

I am very happy of being able to say that I enjoyed Chinese hospitality and friendliness from the first day on and I will never forget ab