In the midst of a four-game losing streak, Borussia Dortmund sacked Nuri Şahin on Wednesday, but the club's problems go much deeper than the manager.

Nuri Şahin's time as Borussia Dortmund manager is up. The Bundesliga club sacked the first-year boss on Wednesday, one day after a Champions League defeat at Bologna made it four losses in a row. Şahin had plenty of success as a player with Dortmund over two spells,

Nuri Şahin’s record as manager was atrocious. His BVB team picked up an average of 1.48, which is, according to Stefan Bienkowski, the worst record for a Dortmund coach in 17 years. While the issues at the club are certainly not all down to the manager, it is clear that Şahin was a big problem.