Borussia Dortmund: Matthäus brings ex-national coach into play at BVB

Lothar Matthäus brought former national coach Jogi Löw (64) into play as interim coach at the troubled BVB. “I would say temporarily that it would be a solution – but not in the long term,” said the German football record player (63) on Sky and added: “If Jogi Löw were at the front – that was also the case with Franz Beckenbauer at Bayern back then So when Franz was there, there was peace and quiet.”

“I don’t know what Borussia is planning to do now. Maybe that could be an idea for the next four months at BVB. To say: We perhaps expected too much from Nuri Sahin before the season,” explained Matthäus: “That’s why For me, Jogi Löw is an opportunity to calm things down first and then look for a new coach in the long term.”

Borussia Dortmund’s coach Nuri Sahin is under pressure after the poor performance in the Bundesliga and the fall to tenth place in the table. Before the landmark game in the Champions League at FC Bologna (Tuesday, 9 p.m./Amazon Prime Video), managing director Lars Ricken gave his coach a job guarantee, but only for this next game.

Löw has not taken on a coaching job since leaving the German national team after the disappointing 2021 European Championships. Last November he again ruled out a future role as Bundesliga coach. But if an association came knocking about the national coaching job, he could imagine returning, the 2014 world champion coach told SWR Sport.