In the autumn of 2023, Sven Mislintat was fired at Ajax after a case of conflict of interest, where he as sporting director had shares in an agent company. Borussia Dortmund saw no problem offering him the job of technical director in April 2024. As a former chief scout at Dortmund 2006-17, he had given the club players such as Robert Lewandowski and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. On Thursday, trust was broken.
Dortmund reports Mislintat is done with immediate effect. There has been poor chemistry in the Dortmund management for a long time, so for the German media, it is no surprise that the club is removing the controversial director. This comes shortly after Nuri Sahin was sacked and Nico Kovac was brought in as the new Dortmund coach.
On Wednesday, Dortmund boss Hans-Joachim Watzke came out with harsh criticism of the Dortmund management (Mislintat, Kehl and Ricken) and demanded that the cooperation had to be optimized. The solution was apparently to remove the element of unrest Mislintat.
