Search on home straight
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This article appeared on the transfer market in its first version at 3:36 p.m. and was updated with further statements.
Borussia Dortmund also goes into the upcoming Bundesliga game at the 1st FC Heidenheim regardless of the Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk with interim coach Mike Tullberg. The actual U19 coach of BVB will also sit on Saturday (3:30 p.m./Sky) on the Dortmund bank. This is confirmed by sports director Lars of the “German Press Agency” on request at noon. This is also independent of the game against Donetsk, where it is about direct qualifications for the round of 16.
The BVB separated a week ago after the 1-2 in the penultimate Champions League group game at FC Bologna from head coach Nuri Şahin. Since then, the Bundesliga elevator has been looking for a successor. According to media reports, there was a meeting with the Austrian national coach Ralf Rangnick on Monday, which is said to have canceled according to “Ruhr Nachrichten”.
“It is not the first time and nothing new that my name is associated with clubs. However, it makes no sense to give statements to such speculation. I am here in the studio, I think this is statement enough, ”said Rangnick on Wednesday evening as an expert in the Champions League studio of“ Canal+”. “If there were something, I wouldn’t be here today. And that would be a shame. ”He intends to stay ÖFB coach. “I made the decision last year to stay for this,” Rangnick recalled the rejection of FC Bayern. “I am fully identifying here with the task here and I’m looking forward to seeing my players again in March at the games against Serbia. And then the World Cup qualifier begins in June. “
BVB on home straight: Kovac is to become the new trainer
The most promising candidate is still the former Bayern coach Niko Kovac anyway, it said before. According to “Picture” and “Sky“BVB has now agreed with that of the 53-year-old. Kovac is to receive a contract in Dortmund by 2026. VfB Stuttgart’s Sebastian Hoeneß was also traded and was a candidate for the next summer if BVB had planned to find a long -term solution for the new season. There was also talk of another candidate that is not known by name.
“We will go to the Bundesliga with Mike on Saturday, but I can still say that we are on the home stretch in the other conversations,” sports director Sebastian Kehl surprisingly hoped for a quick agreement with a successor to a Şahin. “We also said that we want to try to find a new trainer. As I said, we are on the home stretch – just let yourself be surprised. “
The Dortmunders have been winning for five competitive games and conceded four defeats-the team is one of the weakest in the top 5 leagues. Tullberg looked after the professionals for the first time in 2-2 against Werder Bremen.