Thomas Tuchel wants to stay as Borussia Dortmund coach - advisor
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Thomas Tuchel's advisor has told Sport1 that the coach wants to remain at Borussia Dortmund as details of a major rift within the club continue to emerge.
A row between the club's hierarchy and Tuchel has dominated the headlines in recent days, despite the club picking up a crucial win over Hoffenheim at the weekend to move into the automatic Champions League places.
Dortmund take on Eintracht Frankfurt in the final of the DFB Pokal at the end of the month, and it is reported he could leave the Westfalenstadion once the season is over.
However, his advisor, Olaf Meinking, say that Tuchel wants to at least see out his contract, which has another year to run. He told Sport1: "Our goal is that Thomas stays at BVB and everything calms down."
The situation at Dortmund escalated last Friday when CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke told Funke Media that there was a "disagreement" in the aftermath of the attack on the Dortmund bus before the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal against Monaco.
With talks over a new deal initially expected to take place this summer, Watzke instead said that they will discuss "things like strategy, communication and trust beside the sporting aspects."
Several newspapers reported a rift between Tuchel on one side, and the players and the club hierarchy on the other.
Bild reports that Turkey international Emre Mor was "humiliated" by assistant coach Rainer Schrey in a recent training session and forced to crawl on the pitch for several minutes. The paper added that Schrey will have to leave the club this summer.
But, speaking to Sport1, Tuchel agent Meinking insisted: "Thomas has and always been very honest and sincere with his statements. And I would like to overcome the so-called disagreement. It's important for me that Thomas Tuchel will not take any more damage in this matter."
Elsewhere, Funke Media reported that the Dortmund hierarchy including Watzke, sporting director Michael Zorc and president Reinhard Rauball visited Tuchel in the dressing room following Saturday's 2-1 defeat of Hoffenheim, and agreed to put their differences aside until the end of the season.
Stephan Uersfeld is the Germany correspondent for ESPN FC. Follow him on Twitter @uersfeld.
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