BVB suffers from many herd of crisis – and has no solution ready

BVB suffers from many herd of crisis – and has no solution ready

Downward spiral
Light years from success: BVB suffers from numerous stoves of crisis


The release of coach Nuri Sahin has shown how profound BVB’s problems are actually – but neither a new coach nor an end to the crisis are in sight.

The only thing that worked smoothly at Borussia Dortmund was the flight connection to Salzburg. As several media reported, Managing Director Hans-Joachim Watzke and Managing Director Sport Lars Ricken recently paid a visit to Mozart-Stadt. There the two officials are said to have met with trainer Ralf Rangnick. They wanted to explore whether the 66-year-old would like to take over the coaching job in Dortmund on his old days. As is known, Rangnick is a national coach in Austria. His contract with the Austrian Association runs by the end of 2025. Maybe something goes there, Ricken and Watzke have thought

Finally, after the dismissal of Nuri Sahin, BVB continues to be without a coach – and of all things in the most difficult crisis for over ten years. At that time Jürgen Klopp was still a coach. The stand after 19th game days in the last place in the table. After the season (in the end the BVB became seventh and qualified for the Europa League) Klopp left the club after seven successful years. In the present, U19 coach Mike Tullberg coaches the team temporarily. The club announced that he will also sit on the bench against 1. FC Heidenheim on Saturday.

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The inexperienced beginner Sahin was only installed in summer. The BVB leadership took a high risk with its obligation-and now has to pay the price. Sahin, who came to Dortmund as a twelve year old and played for the club for a long time, failed. Dortmund is only in 11th place in the table, in the Champions League the move into the round of 16 is at risk. A victory on Wednesday evening in the last preliminary round game against Schachtjar Donetsk (from 9:00 p.m. at DAZN) will probably not be enough for direct progress, probably the BVB will have to go to the playoff round. In the DFB Cup, the team had flown out against VfL Wolfsburg in the 2nd round.

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This is disastrous for a club like Dortmund. According to FC Bayern, the self -image is number two in Germany. Europe -wide are part of the extended circle of top clubs. Finally, in summer, BVB was still in the Champions League final in summer.

That now seems to have been eternity. The team currently looks headless and overwhelmed. Or in the words of BVB consultant Matthias Sammer: “This team is physically and mentally in a non-constitution; it cannot defend, but she can’t attack either-everyone has seen what some players brought here on the field.” After the defeat against FC Bologna, Sammer said that in the Champions League in his role as a TV expert. He is said to have had great doubts about the young Sahin’s skills for a long time.

Badly prepared for the “worst-case scenario”

What Sammer did not say: The Sahin restrictions are also a symptom and has disclosed a whole range of deeper problems at BVB that go beyond a single personnel. And that also affect Sammer, we are still coming. The mere fact that the club had no successor for Sahin shows how bad the club tour was prepared for the “worst-case scenario” of a coaching. It has been evident for weeks that the inexperienced coach had great difficulties with the team. But apparently it was hoped in Dortmund that the shape was passed by – and lost time.

Now you negotiate with Rangnick and Niko Kovac (meetings in a secret place) to save the season. The Dutch coach Erik Ten Hag was also spotted on the Dortmund grandstand. The outcome of the search is in the stars. Kovac should show interest, but not be ready to take on a temporary job until summer. Rangnick is supposed to be the earliest for this35423876NS are available from summer.

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The fact that the association hesitated at the coaching room also has to do with the fact that all managers are personally linked to each other through their BVB history. Sahin enjoyed great loan as a former BVB professional. That might be cloudy. In addition, his failure is also a failure of the club leadership in the personnel.

Sammer should no longer comment on BVB games

But even if a suitable trainer is found, he would have to be plagued with grievances that cannot be remedied overnight. There would be the internal competition between sports director Kehl and chief scout Sven Mislintat. It is an open secret that the two are associated with each other with a warm dislike. As a misintattite, many wondered how many chiefs with a large ego tolerated an association.

The effects of the feud can be clearly felt. The throat and misintattite are responsible for the compilation of the squad – and it failed. The team is considered too small and unbalanced. Ricken, who finally takes over the power of Watzke in September, should now be ready to separate himself from Mislintat in order to create clear conditions. Kehl’s contract was recently extended until 2027.

And the thing with Sammer. The former international and BVB coach always sits next to Watzke on the stands in the Signal Iduna-Park if he does not appear in BVB as a TV expert at Champions League games. In the meantime, the double role is to ensure strange internal club. Above all, the quote above about the lousy state of the team (“physically and mentally in a non-constitution) triggered criticism. It is said that Sammer was asked not to comment on at least no more BVB games in the premier class.

Source: Stern

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