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VfL Wolfsburg have parted ways with managing director Marcel Schäfer with immediate effect, the Bundesliga club said on Wednesday. Wolfsburg said in a statement that Schäfer informed supervisory board chairman Frank Witter of his wish to move clubs and terminate his contract. “Taking all circumstances into account, the decision was made to relieve Schäfer of his duties with immediate effect,” Wolfsburg said in a statement. According to the Kicker sports magazine, Schäfer is to take the job at Bundesliga rivals RB Leipzig, but there was initially no official confirmation. Schäfer, a former Wolf…