Overview
- Borussia Mönchengladbach dismissed head coach Eugen Polanski after a 5-0 loss at SC Freiburg, and appointed Jan‑Moritz Lichte as interim coach the following Sunday.
- Lichte led his first sessions as interim coach and closed training to fans and media as he prepares the squad for the next league match against Mainz.
- Reports from Bild and DerWesten say Rouven Schröder has given job guarantees to Lichte and assistant Markus Gellhaus, a claim the club has not publicly confirmed.
- Those same reports say Schröder will allow incoming head-coach candidates to bring only one additional assistant, a constraint that will narrow which coaches might accept the role.
- A list of potential successors is circulating in the media, and Lichte’s historically poor 2020/21 Bundesliga spell at Mainz is being cited as context for a likely permanent decision after the international break.