MATTHIAS Kaltenbach believes he and Danny Röhl are the perfect match after building a bond while completing their UEFA Pro License together.
The assistant head coach joined the club in October alongside Röhl as they linked up for the first time, having faced each other on a number of occasions back in Germany.
In an exclusive first interview with RangersTV, Kaltenbach said: “I must say it is a great pleasure to be here and when Danny asked me to come with him to this big club, I was happy and on fire from the very first moment.
“Danny and I have known each other for eight or nine years, when he was an assistant at Bayern Munich and Leipzig, and I had the same role at Hoffenheim. We faced each other often, and then we had a very intense time during the Pro License.
“We did that together, and we became very close there. Afterwards, we both had the same feeling that this could be a perfect match for the next step to work together.
“I have worked with different head coaches, and for me, it was clear after my last job that I wanted to work with a new head coach, and Danny is a very smart person.
"He is very open, and like I said, we are very close. It was clear we have the same idea of how we want to play, the same idea of football, and for me, it is the perfect match.”
On his role in the staff, he said: “I love to be on the pitch, to focus on football, on training sessions and to prepare the team in the best way I can for the next opponent. That is what I love.
When you come into such a big club, I think it is important that you come with manpower, so we have four Germans, but it is important that we also need help from all staff members.
“We need to have a good mix, and I think we have a very good mix of different types and different characters in the technical staff and that’s the way it should be.”
Watch the full interview now on RangersTV: Rangers TV | Meet the Coaches - Matthias Kaltenbach
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