BVB releases Mislintat: a separation with cold concise

Borussia Dortmund’s written notification of the exemption of his squad planner Sven Mislintat has a good chance of ever entering the club’s history as the shortest message. No reason, no word of thanks. This separation is in 27 words: “Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund has released his technical director Sven Mislintat (52) with immediate effect. Lars Ricken, Managing Director of BVB, Mislintat personally informed this decision on Thursday. ”You almost feel reminded of times long past when each word was calculated individually in telegrams.

The cold concise of this separation after only ten months of cooperation is probably no accident. It is said to have grabbed massively behind the scenes of BVB. Between sports director Sebastian Kehl and the Mislagtat, which was entitled to the “technical director”, it is said to have been aware of the willingness to cooperate, and the media speaks of competence.

Before “Certain Egos” at the management of the listed football club, the chairman Hans-Joachim Watzke had already warned last May, shortly after getting Mislintat and surprisingly promoting the young boss Lars instead of the sports director Sebastian Kehl. “It could be that it does not work,” Watzke deliberately spoiled the collective willingness to cooperate – and now it turns out: It actually did not work. The exemption of Mislintats, the exemption from the coach Nuri Sahin two and a half weeks ago and Dortmund’s disappointing eleventh place in the Bundesliga table acts as evidence.

On Tuesday at the presentation of the new trainer Niko Kovac, sports director Ricken replied to a question about possibly upcoming changes at the BVB management level: “In the past few weeks in which many decisions were made, we have worked closely together and supported each other and supported each other and Backing. ”Thanks to the three short -term player commitments Carney Chukwuemeka (midfield, FC Chelsea), Daniel Svensson (left -back, North Själland) and Diant Ramaj (goalkeeper, Amsterdam), however, did not address Ricken on Kehl or Mislintat, but at“ Our lawyers “For your” top job “.

Mislintat worked for BVB for 20 years before he ended up in Dortmund via Arsenal, Stuttgart and Amsterdam

At the Spobis sports fair in Hamburg, BVB boss Watzke said about Ricken, Kehl and Mislintat on Wednesday: “It is only a question of whether the three harmonize with each other, and that is still in need of optimization.” However, Watzke took out himself regarding a personnel decision : “Lars must ensure that everyone marches in the same direction, and if you feel that they don’t do it, then you have to change something about the concept.” Ricken has not been asked for too long. He created facts on Thursday.

For Mislintat, the exemption on Thursday was possibly a déjà-vu, because in November 2017 the BVB and its then “director professional football” had already separated. Mislintat had previously worked in the club for 20 years. Then he was approved to switch to FC Arsenal in London as a scouting director. He stayed there for 14 months, after which it was a sports director at VfB Stuttgart for three and a half years and four months of technical director at Ajax Amsterdam. In May 2024 he returned to Borussia. Then the trainer was still called Edin Terzic, with the mind, Mislintat is said to be very good. Terzic stepped back six weeks later and was replaced by Sahin.

Kehl’s contract extension was a clear sign

In the BVB leadership, Mislintats ego came across the Egos of Ricken, Kehl and the consultant Matthias Sammer, and which ego was greatest, that has not been finally clarified. However, when the BVB recently extended Kehl’s contract in January until 2027 and subsequently expressed Kehl with satisfaction that “clear skills and responsibilities” had been determined, it was already indicated that it could be tight for Mislintat.

Shortly after the end of the winter transfer period and the installation of the new coach Kovac, BVB now hope for more calm and sovereignty for the phase in which it is on Saturday in the Bundesliga against VfB Stuttgart and three days later in the Champions League near Sporting Lisbon is about sporty course.