Wolfsburg striker Bas Dost has revealed that former Fulham manager Felix Magath is a hard task master and his training methods test the resolve of even the fittest of players.
Magath was appointed to lead the then Premier League outfit Fulham to safety in February last year, but the German couldn’t help the club in their quest for continued top division status and they were eventually relegated.
The 61-year-old was in charge of the London outfit for a few months in the Championship before he was relieved of his duties in September, following a disastrous start to the season.
The German manager has the reputation for being a hard task master, whose training regime often test the resolve of the fittest of his players and his time in England wasn’t bereft of such charges.
Magath was instrumental in bringing the current Bundesliga sensation Dost to Germany, as he signed the Dutchman for Wolfsburg during his time at the helm of the club in 2012.
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And the Dutchman has revealed that Magath is indeed a very hard task master who always likes to be in control of everything.
“Magath wants to have control of everything”, Dost exclusively told Inside Futbol.
“The players never know what will happen next and this confusion is his power.
“I remember my first training camp with Wolfsburg. We were in Glucksburg, on the Baltic Sea. At 7am the phone rang. My muscles were full of pain after the previous day’s training.
“We went with the bikes to an athletic track. We were split into groups of four and then we had to do two laps as quickly as possible.
“After two rounds, 800 metres of reckless riding, we got a minute’s break. Then we had to start again. We did it another eight times.
“At the end we were like puddings.”
Dost is currently on fire at Wolfsburg and has scored 13 goals in his last ten games, including an impressive brace against Bayern Munich.
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