Borussia Monchengladbach and coach Lucien Favre will start talks for a contract extension after the Swiss coach's remarkable one year in charge, they said.
Favre, who took over Gladbach midway through last season and helped them stay up thanks to a relegation play-off win, has a contract until 2013. He has turned the former German champions into title contenders with their best first half of a season in 35 years.
"I am in constant dialogue with those responsible and I am delighted with the recognition of my work," Favre told reporters after club bosses this week expressed their wish to renew their working relationship and discuss it in the coming weeks.
"In a difficult year for him, Sven was superb and developed as a keeper," said Stuttgart coach Bruno Labbadia. "He embodies the VfB."
"They are both injured but it's not certain yet that they won't be able to make it," said Fink.
