Thioune edging closer to Düsseldorf dismissal after latest defeat

A poor start to the 2.Bundesliga campaign could ultimately cost the F95 coach his job.

Fortuna Düsseldorf’s head coach Daniel Thioune could be facing the chop if the club’s fortunes don’t change soon. 

With lofty pre-season ambitions for promotion, Fortuna has endured a weak start to the new 2.Bundesliga season.

After eight games, they have only amassed ten points and find themselves sat in a rather disappointing 10th-place in the table.

Already under pressure before last night’s match, the 3-2 defeat to 14th-placed Nürnberg may have been the final straw for Thioune.

“I said that the coach also had a part in this, just like all of us,” said club sporting director Klaus Allofs after the match.

“We will sit down together in the next few days, try to analyze the situation again, and see what’s best for the team’s development.”

The match against Nuremberg was “not a final” for Thioune, “but it is still our duty to continually re-evaluate it,” Allofs said.

However, it’s possible that the coach will get another chance against Eintracht Braunschweig on Friday evening, 17 October.