Borussia Dortmund players 'no longer want' Nuri Sahin in charge as Didi Hamann says new coach is under pressure after Real Madrid and Augsburg defeats

After the 5-2 Champions League defeat to Real Madrid in midweek, where they were 2-0 up, and then the 2-1 loss to Augsburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday, ex-Germany international Hamann has raised doubts about Sahin's future in the dugout. He claims the club's players didn't feel former boss Edin Terzic was the right man to be in charge and he has the same feeling for Sahin - who replaced the 41-year-old in the summer.

He told Sky Germany: "There were many players who no longer wanted Terzic. He was the most successful coach of recent years. He won the cup, should have won the championship, was in the Champions League final. The team no longer wanted him. Now the next coach is coming. I have the feeling that there are many players in the team who say: I don't want him. I have the feeling that after ten games the situation has arisen that some players no longer want this coach. The players have been given far too much power. The club still decides who is the coach. They all have to submit to it. The players are employees of the club. It's none of their business. I have the feeling that one or two players are taking advantage of that."

Hamann added: "I don't want to start a discussion about the coach either, he's a young coach, you have to give him time. The question is: how much time do you want or will you give him? He's no longer untouchable, the start of the season has simply gone too badly for that."

Despite these disappointing defeats, where Dortmund failed to hold onto a lead again, Sky Germany claims Sahin's future at the German giants is secure for the time being. The report states the club's hierarchy believe in a long-term path with the 36-year-old, whose side sit seventh in the Bundesliga. However, if results go their way, they could rise to third in the next round of fixtures so it is not all doom and gloom.

Sahin's Dortmund will try to return to winning ways on Tuesday night when they travel to Wolfsburg for the second round of the DFB Pokal cup. Their next Bundesliga match is next Saturday at home to RB Leipzig.