- Erik ten Hag was seen as the favorite to take the Dortmund job
- Nuri Sahin was fired from Dortmund after winning one match in the last nine
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Erik ten Hag has been ruled out of the race to be Borussia Dortmund's next manager, after initially being the favourite.
Sahin was sacked after just seven months in charge following Dortmund's 2-1 Champions League defeat to Bologna on Tuesday night.
Despite reaching the Champions League final last season, Dortmund have collapsed this campaign and sit 10th in the Bundesliga table.
Ten Hag was due to make a swift return to Dortmund management just three months after being sacked by Manchester United, but Mail Sport understands he is not in contention.
Further talks were held between him and the club on Wednesday but he says he does not want to take another job until the summer. Mail Sport also understands United are still paying him compensation for his sacking.
He managed Bayern's B team between 2013 and 2015 while Pep Guardiola managed the club, even assuming the nickname 'mini Pep'.
Erik ten Hag does not aspire to the Borussia Dortmund job and does not want to accept another until the summer after being fired by Manchester United
Nuri Sahin was sacked by Dortmund after losing 2-1 to Bologna in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Former Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac is understood to be the favorite for the job.
Instead, former Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac is leading the race for the position.
Kovac has been out of work since being sacked by Wolfsburg last March.
The former Croatian captain won a domestic treble with Bayern in the 2018-19 season, but left six months later.
Whoever gets the job will have to turn around a struggling supertanker.
In a club statement confirming Sahin's departure, Dortmund sporting director Lars Ricken said: “We highly value Nuri Sahin and his work, we expected a long-term collaboration and until the end we hoped we could achieve sporting change together.” .
'After four defeats in a row, due to only one victory in the last nine games and currently tenth in the Bundesliga standings, we have unfortunately lost faith in being able to achieve our sporting goals in the current constellation. “This decision hurts me personally, but it was inevitable after the Bologna game.”
Sahin, 36, was also quoted as saying: “Unfortunately, this season we have failed to live up to Borussia Dortmund's sporting ambitions. I wish this special club all the best.”
Their points per game average of 1.48 is Dortmund's worst in the last 17 years.
U19 coach Mike Tullberg is in charge on an interim basis. Their next match will be at home against Weder Bremen on Saturday.
