Borussia Dortmund have fired Nuri Sahin as manager midway through his first season with the club. Dortmund hired Sahin in June to replace Edin Terzic.
\"Unfortunately, we have not managed to live up to Borussia Dortmund\'s sporting ambitions this season,\" Sahin said. \"I wish this special club all the best.\"
\"We value Nuri Sahin and his work very much,\" Dortmund sporting director Lars Ricken said. \"We hoped for a long-term collaboration and until the end we had hoped that we could achieve a sporting turnaround together.
\"After four defeats in a row, due to only one win in the last nine games and currently tenth in the Bundesliga table, 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 unavoidable after the game in Bologna.\"
Via ESPN