MARCO Kurz is the man Adelaide United has been craving for in a bid to secure a first class coach from Europe’s top five leagues but the club won’t know until the weekend.

Kurz, 48, left Adelaide on Monday night and returned to Munich after four days in SA telling club officials he will give them an answer by Friday night.

Adelaide’s general manager of football Ante Kovacevic said Kurz appeared impressed by what he saw in terms of football facilities and lifestyle.

“We had a productive four days in Adelaide he is happy with what he saw now it’s up to him to finalise the decision from his point of view,” Kovacevic said.

Kurz has been a coach since 2005 after ending a fine career playing 299 games in the Bundesliga as a centre back.

He won a Bundesliga title with Borussia Dortmund, the UEFA Cup with Schalke and two German Super Cups with Dortmund.

He was former Adelaide United skipper Paul Agostino’s captain at TSV 1860 Munich before taking on coaching roles with SC Pfullendorf, TSV, Kaiserslautern, TSG Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, Ingolstadt and Fortuna Dusseldorf in 257 matches.

He took Kaiserslautern from the second tier to the Bundesliga which is a remarkable feat and managed superstar players such as current Liverpool and Brazil forward Roberto Firmino and Greek international Konstantinos Fortounis.

During his stay in Adelaide Kurz also pondered the Reds squad and the type of player he needs to sign.

He also had to come to terms with the salary cap — a system he has never used.

Kurz watched about five Adelaide matches on DVD from last season and is expected to bolster United’s stocks with three foreigners if he puts pen to paper.

Adelaide is chasing three foreigners, a centre back and two midfielders and two Australian players.

The foreign trio are looming to be Kurz’s first major input into a squad which he will largely inherit.