Editing Felix Magath (section)

==Reputation as a manager==
As a manager, Magath quickly gained respect and became known for his hard, grinding training methods, laying heavy emphasis on discipline, fitness and conditioning. Players gave him nicknames like "Saddam" ([[Saddam Hussein]]) or "Quälix",<ref>{{cite news|title=Deshalb passt Magath nicht zur Austria|url=http://sport.oe24.at/fussball/fussball-national/bundesliga/5-Gruende-wieso-Magath-nicht-zur-Austria-passt/189188932|access-date=22 May 2015|publisher=Österreich|date=20 May 2015|language=de}}</ref> a [[portmanteau]] of his first name Felix and the German verb "quälen" (to torture).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sport.ard.de/sp/fussball/news200305/26/rueckblick_magath.jhtml|title="Quälix" wird zum Pädagogen|trans-title="Quälix" turns pedagogue|publisher=Sport.ard|author=Michael Schreiber|date=26 May 2003|access-date=11 February 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134823/http://sport.ard.de/sp/fussball/news200305/26/rueckblick_magath.jhtml|archive-date=29 September 2007}}</ref> His methods have also been considered to be controversial in the media, however.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/felix-magath-mad-or-messiah-fulham-s-new-manager-has-a-fierce-reputation-as-a-football-dictator-but-his-controversial-methods-get-results-in-the-short-term-9131158.html |title=Felix Magath: Mad or messiah? Fulham's new manager has a fierce |work=The Independent |last1=Rich |first1=Tim |date=18 February 2014 |access-date=25 September 2023 }}</ref> He was once described by former [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] player [[Bachirou Salou]] as the "last dictator in Europe".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rp-online.de/sport/fussball/salou-magath-wie-diktator-1.1676238 | title=Salou: Magath wie Diktator | work=Rheinische Post | language=de | date=5 January 2001 | access-date=21 October 2012}}</ref> 

After leaving Fulham in September 2014, bizarre stories emerged about how Magath had suggested that [[Brede Hangeland]] rub cheese on a thigh injury.<ref>{{cite news|title=Felix Magath cheese cure: Former Fulham manager admits telling Brede Hangeland to use bizarre treatment|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/felix-magath-cheese-cure-former-fulham-manager-admits-telling-brede-hangeland-to-use-bizarre-treatment-9750312.html|access-date=24 September 2014|work=The Independent|date= 23 September 2014}}</ref> Magath stated that Hangeland did not have a thigh injury but an inflammation of the knee, and that he suggested the additional use of an alternative treatment with a bandage ([[Dressing (medical)|dressing]]) consisting of [[Quark (dairy product)|Quark]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sport1.de/de/fussball/fus_international/fussball_international_premierleague/newspage_956477.html | title = Magath: Käse-Geschichte Quatsch | language = de | publisher = sport1.de | date = 22 September 2014 | access-date = 11 December 2014}}</ref> Fulham player [[Sascha Riether]] later said that the story was greatly exaggerated and that Magath had suggested he use a traditional topfen curd.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.express.de/fc-koeln/rueckkehr-zum-1--fc-koeln-sascha-riether--mit-rueckenwind-nach-koeln,3192,28901526.html | title = Sascha Riether: Mit Rückenwind nach Köln | language = de | publisher = express.de | date = 30 October 2014 | access-date = 1 November 2014 | first = Markus | last = Krücken}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.netdoktor.de/Gesund-Leben/Heilpflanzen+Hausmittel/Wissen/Quarkauflage-10211.html | title = Quarkauflage | language = de | publisher = NetDoktor | date = 10 December 2012 | access-date = 1 November 2014 | first = Katharina | last = Larisch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna35444182 | title = Lindsey Vonn's cheese cure baffles experts | publisher = NBC News | date = 17 February 2010 | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref>