Huddersfield Town chief executive Julian Winter has revealed that David Wagner 's departure from the John Smith's Stadium was first discussed around four weeks ago.

The head coach left the Terriers by mutual consent last Monday, with the club acting quickly to bring in his replacement, Jan Siewert .

It took Town just one week to have the new boss in place, with the Yorkshire club monitoring the coach's progress from afar over the last two years.

That helped Town get a deal done quickly and efficiently, and Winter has revealed how conversations with Wagner also allowed Town to properly prepare for his departure.

The 53-year-old said: "I can''t think of a specific date, but David is, fundamentally, a good man, so let's start from that position.


"In the sense of him doing such great things here, all the interest that he has had he has batted away and stayed loyal to the club. That's been amazing.

"The honesty that David deals with and that we use in dealing with him is incredibly straight forward. There is no ambiguity.

"I'm going to say four weeks or so ago, something of that order.

"And, David being the human being he is, said 'building up to a January transfer window, does the club want to adapt? How does it think about different things?'

"The maturity of that conversation is exactly as it was publicised.

"And credit to David. Dean had made a public statement at the start of the season saying he wouldn't sack David.

"It didn't take that long, really. Maybe four weeks or something like that."