Ex-Spain and Barcelona boss Luis Enrique is another believed to be in the running.

With the international players only starting their pre-season with the performance diagnostics at the weekend and Karim Adeyemi, Youssoufa Moukoko, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens plus new signing Felix Nmecha staying in Dortmund following their injuries, players from the U23s and U19s made up the numbers in the squad for the friendly in Hamm – as they have done in recent training sessions. BVB coach Edin Terzic sent a starting XI consisting of senior and youth players onto the pitch in a 4-1-4-1 formation.

DFL announce timings for matchdays 19 to 26 The DFL have scheduled the fixtures for matchdays...

After a successful start in Vietnam, SV Werder Bremen are intensifying their internationalisation activities in South America. The “Football Development” programme in the Colombian metropolitan city Medellín, which is aimed specifically at children and young people as well as local coaches, began in December.

The only game to be played on a Sunday during this run is against SC Freiburg at the WWK Arena (25th February, 19:30 CET). Prior to that match, the Fuggerstädter are away at VfL Bochum (Saturday, 3rd February, 15:30 CET) and 1. FSV Mainz 05 (Saturday, 17th February, 15:30 CEST), as well as at home to RB Leipzig (Saturday, 10th February, 15:30 CET). The other two games for Jess Thorup’s men are at SV Darmstadt 98 (Saturday, 2nd March, 15:30 CET) and at VfL Wolfsburg (Saturday, 16th March, 15:30 CET).

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Antonio Conte is out, and suddenly it’s ex-Bayern Munich man Julian Nagelsmann...

The substitutes: Philipp, Ozan Kabak, Bebou, Grillitsch, Samassékou, Becker, Skov, Nsoki, Bischof

Topspiel against FC Bayern München on Saturday, 24th February (18:30 CET) | All fixtures at a glance

The German Football League has scheduled Matchdays 19 to 26 in the Bundesliga. VfB host RB Leipzig on 27 January at 15:30 CET in their first home match of the second half of the season.

Lettau and Oliver Ruhnert have had a close working relationship for over ten years. At FC Schalke 04, Ruhnert, as head of the youth department, appointed Lettau as the coordinator of the “Knappenschmiede”.