Magath rules out Fulham role for McGhee

New manager Felix Magath insists Mark McGhee will not be joining him at Fulham.

Former Leicester, Wolves and Millwall manager McGhee, currently Scotland boss Gordon Strachan’s right-hand man, was a team-mate of Magath at Hamburg and the pair have remained good friends.

McGhee was linked with a role at Craven Cottage following Magath’s appointment, but the 60-year-old German says he will make no further additions to his backroom team, having installed Tomas Oral as first-team coach and Werner Leuthard as conditioning coach.

“There is no plan to bring in anyone else,” he said.

“I know Mark very well and not only from playing together. I met him last year and I visited him when he was manager at Wolverhampton.

“He is a friend of mine, but I am only thinking about the next game and not about who can join me.”

Magath’s arrival as a replacement for Rene Meulensteen led to coach Ray Wilkins and technical director Alan Curbishley leaving along with the axed head coach.

Former Bayern Munich boss Magath explained: “I never met Meulensteen. I met Curbishley and I spoke to him but this a special situation.

“If you give the players a sign that things are starting from the beginning then you have also to send people away.

“I’m sorry for that but for Fulham to avoid relegation it was a must that the players feel like things are starting from the beginning.

“I know Curbishley is a very good manager and knows the league very well but I think it’s best for Fulham.”

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