It’s an unusual arrangement. Dump the coach, stay with the team.

“The future of Mats Hummels (36, Dortmund), whose contract expires at the end of the month, is closely linked to the future of coach Edin Dzerzhik (42),” Goal.com reported on Nov. 11.

Dortmund finished the 2023-2024 season in fifth place in the Bundesliga. After a frightening run to the title last season, Dortmund struggled a bit this season and were unable to compete for the title.

Still, it was a significant season. For the first time since the 2012-2013 season, Dortmund reached the UEFA Champions League final, where they finished runners-up to Real Madrid.

Despite reaching the Champions League final, Dortmund coach Edin Dzerzhitsch isn’t looking at it all that favorably. For starters, he was heavily criticized for his erratic performances in the league. Detailed tactics and inflexibility were cited as fatal flaws. 토토사이트 At the same time, the “customized tactics” they brought to the tournament were widely praised.

Against this backdrop, reports emerged that the team’s veteran defender Hummels had strong words for Terzic.

According to Bild, Hummels was unhappy with the tactics. Hummels was unhappy with Terzic’s passive, defensive soccer. According to the German publication Bild, Hummels recently confessed that he felt insulted when he criticized Terzic’s overly defensive tactical style.

“I was angry, because I don’t think Dortmund should play this way against any opponent in the world,” he said, according to Bild.

Hummels continued: “I didn’t think it should continue like this. I felt that standing on the pitch in our yellow jerseys was an insult to our honor. It was too submissive and inferior football.”

Hummels added: “It was like that against VfB Stuttgart and Bayer 04 Leverkusen. All 11 players were stuck in the box,” Hummels said.

The report does not appear to be true. “I don’t trust Bild either,” he wrote on social media after Bild published the story, “I sniped at the media organization.

The rumors of a feud between the two have since resurfaced. Hummels, 사설 토토사이트 whose contract with Dortmund expires on June 30 local time, is a free agent. However, Hummels has reportedly said he would stay at the club if Dortmund were to sack Terzic and appoint another coach.

This is not the first time that Terzic and Hummels have feuded, with the last time coming in the 30th round of the Bundesliga in the 2023-2024 season against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Back then, Dortmund failed to protect a 1-0 lead and conceded a late goal to settle for a 1-1 draw.

With his team up 1-0, Dortmund head coach Terry Gerritsch brought Jamie Vyno-Gittens and Julian Brandt to the bench in favor of Durandville and Salih Özgürçan. Hummels was unhappy with the decision.

Durandville has spent most of this season rehabbing a nasty muscle injury. He only made two league appearances. Both came as substitutes and totaled just over 10 minutes of actual playing time. Durandville’s last game before Leverkusen was against Hoffenheim in February, where he played three minutes.

The inexperience of the player in a game that could have been decided by a single goal was the cause of Hummels’ ire. “Hummels was very upset and actively participated in the discussion in the locker room after the game,” Bild reports. 메이저 토토사이트 On several occasions this season, Hummels has been caught on camera having heated postgame discussions with Terzic when the team hasn’t been playing well.

AC Milan and AS Roma have been linked with Hummels’ next destination, with Germany’s Sky Sports reporting on November 11 that “Hummels could stay at the club on a bumper deal. The condition is that Dortmund part ways with Terzic,” and added, “Hummels is not the only key player to criticize Terzic.”