An inside-outside game for Nuri Sahin. The 36-year-old coach needs a win on Tuesday in the Champions League against Bologna to avoid being sacked by Borussia Dortmund. After the defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt (0-2), the sporting director Lars Ricken increased the pressure on Sahin’s shoulders: “Nuri will be on the bench against Bologna, but of course, as we all know, Nuri knows this too, with the clear expectation that now we need victories and successes.”
Translated: if he loses he’s out
“It’s always the same behaviors, the same mistakes. We no longer have to analyze, but find solutions: this is our task”, commented the Giallorone manager. Dortmund have lost all three Bundesliga matches in 2025 and have slipped to tenth place, the gap to fourth place is already 7 points. According to reports from Sky Sports DEthe BVB management is already considering possible replacements to prepare in the event of a knockout in Bologna.
A much appreciated name
At the moment, as reported by the satellite broadcaster, Erik ten Hag (sacked by United) remains a very popular candidate. Urs Fischer, after his experience at Union Berlin, is without a team. But there is one name above all that is much appreciated by the upper levels of Borussia Dortmund and that is Sebastian Hoeness: the German coach is under contract with Stuttgart until 2027, but has a release clause for the summer which allows him to leave for 7-8 million euros.