Erik ten Hag 'regularly visiting' European giants after Man Utd exit | OneFootball

Erik ten Hag has frequently visited Borussia Dortmund since being sacked as Manchester United manager - but the Bundesliga giants have no current plans to replace Nuri Sahin, reports in Germany claim.

Ten Hag was ousted from his position at Old Trafford in October after a late 2-1 defeat to West Ham United left the Red Devils 14th in the Premier League table with four losses from their opening nine matches - they are still in that spot almost three months on.

The Dutchman remains out of work and hasn't yet been linked with any major jobs, so news of his visits to Dortmund will certainly pique the interest of onlookers.

Sky Germany note that Ten Hag was in attendance for Dortmund's recent 3-2 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen, where he was accompanied by marketing director Carsten Cramer and even had a discussion with technical director Sven Mislintat, formerly of Arsenal.

Erik ten Hag (back row, second from right) has been spotted at several football matches since parting ways with Man Utd / ANP/GettyImages

The former Ajax boss is said to have been a frequent guest at Signal Iduna Park over the past few months, owing to a strong relationship that he has with former Germany international Matthias Sammer, who is a senior adviser to the club.

Indeed, Sammer once hired Ten Hag to work as Bayern Munich's reserve team coach and wanted to employ the 54-year-old as Germany's Under-21 boss when he worked for the national team federation.

There is, however, no suggestion at this point that Ten Hag could be in the frame to replace current manager Nuri Sahin, although the pressure is on the former midfielder to lift Dortmund up the Bundesliga table from their current position of ninth.

Dortmund reached last season's Champions League final under the management of Eden Terzic, but he opted to walk away from the club 12 days later. Sahin has been unable to continue that progress and will find his job under further scrutiny if the gap to qualify for next year's Champions League becomes too great - currently Dortmund trail fourth-place Leipzig by five points.