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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This post was last modified on 21/02/2014