BORUSSIA DORTMUND have sacked manager Lucien Favre following the club’s 5-1 thrashing to Stuttgart.
Former Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has already been installed among the early favourites to take over the Bundesliga giants.
Borussia Dortmund have sacked manager Lucien FavreCredit: EPA
Favre had guided BVB into the Champions League knock-out stages but poor domestic form had put him under pressure.
And the club’s humiliating defeat to newly-promoted Stuttgart at HOME has now proved to be the final straw.
Favre himself had labelled the loss, their fourth this season, a ‘disaster’.
The result compounded Dortmund’s poor start to the season, which has included three losses in their last five games.
The Westfalenstadion outfit now find themselves fifth in the league – already five points behind leaders Bayern Munich.
And Favre – who had just six months remaining on his Dortmund contract – has now paid the price.
The 63-year-old took charge of the Black and Yellows back in May 2018 after taking a two-year career break.
The Athletic claim assistant coach Edin Terzic will now take over until the end of the year.
While Borussia Monchengladback chief Marco Rose and RB Salzburg’s Jesse Marsch have also been named as potential targets.
Pochettino meanwhile will likely be one of the frontrunners having been out of work for over a year since being sacked by Tottenham.
Since then, the Argentine has been linked with a host of jobs including Manchester United, Real Madrid and Zenit St Petersburg.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
