Erik ten Hag edges closer to first job since Man Utd exit after manager sacked

Erik 10 Hag could instrumentality to the dugout pursuing his brutal Manchester United sacking, with Borussia Dortmund parting ways with Nuri Sahin

Borussia Dortmund person sacked Nuri Sahin pursuing their Champions League nonaccomplishment to Bologna connected Tuesday nighttime - with Erik 10 Hag emerging arsenic a favourite for the job.

It leaves them 13th successful the Champions League, which is inactive bully capable to suffice for the knockouts, but their signifier has been connected the diminution for weeks. Currently they beryllium 10th successful the Bundesliga, 20 points down the leaders Bayern Munich, and Sahin has present paid the price.

The 36-year-old took implicit the Dortmund occupation successful the summertime erstwhile Edin Terzic stepped down aft starring the broadside to the Champions League last past term. Sahin said successful a statement: “Unfortunately, we person not managed to unrecorded up to Borussia Dortmund’s sporting ambitions this season. I privation this peculiar nine each the best.”

The Dortmund sporting director, Lars Ricken, said they had “lost religion successful being capable to execute our sporting goals” nether Sahin. “This determination hurts maine personally,” Ricken said, “but it was unavoidable aft the crippled successful Bologna.”

Sahin's exit could present unfastened the doorway for ex-Manchester United brag Ten Hag to instrumentality to management. He had reportedly been offering his expertise for weeks. The Dutchman was said to beryllium moving arsenic a 'shadow coach' aft helium was axed by the Red Devils.

Sky Germany study that Ten Hag has a 'very good' narration with Dortmund advisor and erstwhile skipper Matthias Sammer. That has lone added substance to speech helium could regenerate Sahin.

Ten Hag met Sammer during his erstwhile stint successful Germany. The erstwhile Ajax manager was successful complaint of Bayern Munich's B broadside erstwhile Pep Guardiola was astatine the club.

Sahin came done the ranks arsenic a subordinate astatine Dortmund and made much than 250 appearances for the nine crossed 2 spells. Before helium was appointed arsenic the Dortmund to manager helium spent much than 2 years arsenic the manager of the Turkish squad Antalyaspor, but hasn't been capable to instrumentality the German broadside forward.

Sahin won conscionable 12 of his 27 games successful charge, losing 11. Dortmund had precocious been subjected to immoderate embarrassing defeats, including a 4-2 reverse astatine Holstein Kiel, who beryllium successful the Bundesliga's relegation zone.

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