Lothar Matthäus stays with it: For him, Dortmund coach Favre has been at BVB for the longest time – although the board of directors has clearly committed to the Swiss. The record international also stays with his tip on who could become his successor.
Record football player Lothar Matthäus firmly believes that coach Lucien Favre’s address will soon be separated, despite the unctuous words from Borussia Dortmund’s top floor. “If I look at his reaction after the game again, I will stick to my original impulse. I don’t think Favre will be on BVB next season. The statement, ‘I’ll get to that in a few weeks speak ‘, I continue to interpret it as simmering in him, “wrote the Sky expert in his column” That’s how I see it “.
According to Matthäus, after a certain period of time the trainer from the top position was not supported and publicly strengthened as it was necessary. “The last person who received this appreciation openly, honestly and regularly was Jürgen Klopp. Since Jürgen has left, Dortmund has longed for a Klopp clone, and there is simply no such thing,” explained Matthäus. The 59-year-old estimates Favre “so that he is a totally consistent person if he is convinced that a path is over. And my feeling tells me that this point has now also been reached for him in Dortmund.”
Matthäus further noted that Favre’s careful line-up last Tuesday in the Bundesliga summit against Bayern Munich (0-1) “might have cost BVB the title in the end”. Favre “does not get the big points that are necessary to make the championship seriously controversial.” Matthäus had received a lot of criticism from BVB because of his pithy conjecture after the probably decisive Dortmund defeat (“Favre away, Niko Kovac is coming”), Favre himself described the statements of the world champion captain from 1990 as “really unbelievable and not acceptable for me” .
For Matthäus, Kovac is still a realistic option at BVB. “It is known that the Dortmunders tried to talk to Niko in the winter. I can only speculate whether they would have acted immediately if Niko had agreed or whether they wanted to sound out his general interest in a commitment to the future,” wrote Matthäus , who appreciates the former Bayern coach: “Although he is only 48 years old, he already has a lot of experience as a coach. He has coached Croatia, Frankfurt and Bayern. And he already has a lot to show for himself.”
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