Lucien Favre not reached since Saturday

Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke stated on Monday that he had not had any personal contact with coach Lucien Favre, who was fired on Sunday, since Saturday.

“I’ll tell him personally when I get the chance. I tried yesterday, but I think a lot happened at Lucien – I’m very, very grateful to him for the time,” Watzke said. image.

“It’s normal for the coach to be disappointed now. I can understand that,” Watzke said. Favre’s contract, which ran until 2021, was terminated after a 1: 5 against VfB Stuttgart. According to Watzke, Dortmund decision-makers were “in complete agreement” on this step.

“We got Edin Terzic in 2018 with a view to something like this happening. So we knew as early as 2018 that Edin would be our man if there ever was a fire,” Watze said. “We trust him to get the job done. That is why we are not a model for Bayern Munich, where things work very well with Hansi Flick.” Watzke added that he did not know if Marco Rose, who was traded in the media in Dortmund, had an exit clause at Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Favre’s successor and former assistant coach Edin Terzic was introduced at a news conference Monday. He stressed that he wanted to stay “in close contact” with Favre.

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