Hans-Joachim Watzke had an idea eight months ago. In May 2024, when the chairman of the management of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGAA presented in the press hall of the Stadium Saß and Lars Ricken as a new managing director of Sport, Watzke said about the BVB management team: “I hope that they will be able to do it under Lars’ leadership to work together constructively and trustingly – but it may also be that it doesn’t work. ”Now it is indicated that it actually does not work between sports director Sebastian Kehl and the squad planner Sven Mislintat.
The main characters in this backstage drama are: board boss Watzke, sports director Ricken, sports director Kehl, the technical director squad planning Sven Mislintat and consultant Matthias Sammer. It was only in May that Watzke said about this stately conglomerate of experts: “Anyone who has a certain quality also has a certain ego.”
Before the BVB was tightened by four defeats and a draw at the beginning of this year, the following occurred last summer: the then coach Edin Terzic resigned (official version) and the assistant Nuri Sahin, 36 Chef coach installed. Sahin had no success with the team and was released again last week after six months. That night the BVB consultant Sammer said after a 1-2 defeat in Bologna in his role as an expert in Amazon streaming: “This team is physically and mentally in a non-constitution; She can’t defend, but she can’t attack either – everyone saw what some players have brought in the field here. ”
The contract with Kehl was extended in early January to 2027
It was, coincidence or not, these words that ultimately exacerbated the already critical situation in Dortmund. Sahin was released in Bologna at night, and the next day the A-youth coach Mike Tullberg presented as an interim solution. Sammer was criticized everywhere in view of his double role as a BVB consultant and as a TV expert. According to reports, he was stopped internally at BVB, at least at Dortmund’s Champions League games to perform as an Amazon expert.
In the meantime, rumors have become increasingly louder that the constructive and trusting cooperation between the sports director Kehl and the technical director Mislintat are not the best. The contract with Kehl was extended in early January to 2027. If this was a signal for a either-or decision, a message from the Ruhr messageswhat the BVB wanted to separate from Mislintat promptly. Apparently, however, the association intends to wait for the end of the transfer period on February 3. The BVB is under a certain amount of pressure in terms of transfer, the club is looking for reinforcements at short notice after wing striker Donyell painted to Aston Villa to England for around 25 million euros. The fact that midfielder Felix NMECHA is now missing for weeks due to a ligament injury, try to compensate for BVB by bringing back Salih Özcan to bring back Salih Özcan immediately. BVB reported this on Tuesday afternoon.
All the personnel imponderables collapse with the acute search for a new head coach. In the final Champions League group game against Schachtar Donetsk this Wednesday, the team will be looked after by the A-youth coach Tullberg a second time, maybe next Saturday at the Bundesliga offshoot in Heidenheim-and maybe even until the end of the season. Sky reported on Tuesday that Watzke and Ricken met Ralf Rangnick in Salzburg the day before. The 66-year-old is under contract as national coach of Austria until December 2025 and should apparently be recruited by the BVB-Granden.
Most recently, indications had compressed that the 53 -year -old Niko Kovac (previously national coach Croatia, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bavaria Munich, AS Monaco and VfL Wolfsburg) was the hottest candidate for the head coaching post and there were initial discussions.
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