Nuri Sahin has bid an emotional farewell to Antalyaspor and is looking forward to his new role at Borussia Dortmund.

Nuri Sahin is eagerly awaiting his appointment as assistant coach of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. “Now it’s time to return to the place where it all began,” Sahin wrote in a statement on X, in which he also bid farewell to the fans of Turkish first division club Antalyaspor: ”It’s time for Borussia Dortmund, my home.”

Sahin had been head coach at Antalyaspor since October 2021 and his contract, which ran until 2026, was terminated. “Together with my players, we have achieved successes that will go down in the club’s history. We had difficult times, but we overcame them hand in hand,” the 35-year-old wrote to Antalyaspor fans: ”I really felt that this place had become my home.”

He will now become assistant to coach Edin Terzic at BVB, with whom he won the league and cup and reached the Champions League final. In addition to Sahin, ex-professional Sven Bender has also been recruited to the coaching team. “We have intensively analyzed the course of the season so far. One of the things we realized together was that we wanted to give new impetus to the coaching staff,” said sporting director Sebastian Kehl, who had played together with both of them.