Niko Kovač (53) is one of the candidates for the bench of the German great and the current European vice-champion Borussia Dortmund, however, the former Croatian coach said in an interview with the Austrian channel Canal+ that no one has contacted him yet.
I didn’t talk to anyone and no one talked to mehe stated Blacksmiththen answered the question whether he would like the job of a coach Dortmund.
Regardless of this topic, I’m a guy who looks for and needs challenges. I haven’t done anything for nine months, but the time will come when I will do something again.
They specifically asked him about Borussia’s interest, to which Kovač said yes nothing to say. Along with Kovač, the candidates for the Dortmund club are: Roger Schmidtwho was recently fired from Benfica, and Erik ten Haagwho was chased away from Manchester United.
Despite Kovac’s statement, the German Sky claims that he is shortlisted for the future coach of Borussia Dortmund, who are expected to meet Werder in the Bundesliga on Saturday, and will host Shakhtar in the Champions League four days later.
Dortmund will probably go to the playoffs for the round of 16 of the LP, which means that they have six games to play in February, so it is necessary to find a coach as soon as possible.
Kovač has been without a club since March 2024, when he was fired from Wolfsburg. In recent months, he has been linked with the French Rennesa German second division team HSV-om, Shabab Al Ahli from United Arab Emirates, Dynamo after the dismissal of Sergej Jakirović, and Liverpoolwhich he himself denied, and recently rejected the offer of Turkish Besiktas.
Blacksmith was a midfielder and captain of the Croatian national team and played almost his entire career in Bundesliga. He played for Hertha, Bayer Leverkusen, HSV, Bayern and RB Salzburg, where he ended his career in 2009. S Bayern won three trophies, and with Salzburg two.
Coaching career he started in Salzburg, after which he managed the U-21 and A national teams of Croatia, and then Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayern, Monaco and Wolfsburg.
S Eintracht won the German Cup, shocking Bayern in the final. On the bench of Munich club won the Bundesliga, the National Cup and the Supercup.
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