Hamburg, Oct 28 (DPA) Former Germany captain Lothar Matthaeus has turned down an offer to coach Argentina’s Racing Club, it was reported Wednesday.
Germany’s Bild newspaper said Matthaeus, 48, informed the club of his decision in an SMS short text message.

The report quoted Juan Cobian, an adviser involved in contract negotiations, as saying Racing had fulfilled all of the former player’s demands.

“Then came the rejection during the night by SMS. That was ridiculous. We are all disappointed,” he was quoted as saying.

Racing Club president Rodolfo Molina had said on Saturday that Matthaeus was due to arrive “next week” and to take over from Ricardo Caruso Lombardi, who resigned a fortnight ago.

Matthaeus captained Germany to the 1990 World Cup title and is the nation’s most-capped player with 150 matches. As a coach he won league titles with Partizan Belgrade and Red Bull Salzburg and has also worked in Hungary, Israel and Brazil.