Ebbsfleet boss Dennis Kutrieb has agreed to stay at the club for two more seasons.

The 42-year-old German initially joined the club in the summer of 2020 from Tennis Borussia Berlin.

His current deal was due to expire at the end of this campaign but he's enjoying his time in England and wants another crack at National League South after being agonisingly close to promotion last week.

“I am extremely pleased and proud to continue the work we started here," Kutrieb told the club website. "We will definitely be prepared to go again next season but obviously, like all our fans, I am so gutted that it is not to be in the National League.

"From our experiences of the season just gone, we know what we have to do. And we will stay tight together as one club - as I always ask of the supporters, you are as much a part of that as anyone.

"Staying strong together is so important to me and to our club because we cannot always influence what happens outside but what we do as a club is down to all of us.

“Coming over from Germany two years ago to work in England was something that drove me. It was not an easy decision at the time to make the move but two years on I know I have made the right decision and so I am of course very happy to stay with Ebbsfleet.

"I love working for this football club and with the people who make the club what it is - all the staff, players and of course our supporters who I know will be back again and behind us all the way in 2022/23.”

Ebbsfleet chief executive Damian Irvine said: "Dennis’s impact on our club, from the moment he began work, has been huge. We had a very clear picture of what the club needed in a manager when we began our identification and recruitment process in 2020 and had high demands and expectations.

"Dennis has shown he was the right choice. He works incredibly hard on a daily basis to not only continually develop and improve his players and our fortunes on the pitch but behind the scenes he drives a positive, winning culture in all aspects of the football club.

“We are building and evolving all the time and Dennis is at the very heart of the ambitious plans of this club. He has come over from Germany, sacrificed and committed to the club and immersed himself in all things Fleet during a very difficult pandemic period and cancelled seasons.

"Despite this, in his first full season in a very tough league in the English football pyramid, Dennis has delivered exciting, high-quality football and a strong season of results with continual improvement throughout the season.

"Dennis is a visible and popular figure in the local community with a genuine enthusiasm for and willingness to engage with the club’s supporters. We are very much looking forward to the 2022/23 season - and if season-ticket sales to date are anything to go by, then our fans are backing the boss to the hilt!”

Ebbsfleet were beaten 3-2 after extra-time in the National League South play-off final at Dorking Wanderers last weekend.