Borussia Mönchengladbach is apparently parting ways with coach Polanski

According to consistent media reports, Eugen Polanski is no longer coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach. The decision is said to have been made by the still pointless Bundesliga club one day after the 5-0 defeat at SC Freiburg. The “Rheinische Post” initially reported that Polanski had declared his resignation and had already communicated this to the team.

Official confirmation from the club is expected later on Sunday. First, assistant coach Jan-Moritz Lichte will take over the coaching job on an interim basis and will sit on the bench next Saturday against FSV Mainz 05. The 46-year-old came to the Lower Rhine in the summer from Manchester City's youth ranks.

Déjà vu at Borussia: Another change of coach after three match days

The move is strikingly reminiscent of the previous season, when Gladbach also parted ways with coach Gerardo Seoane after three games. Almost exactly a year ago, 40-year-old Polanski, the previous coach of Borussia's regional league team, took over the team from Lower Rhine. The club ended last season in twelfth place.

As with Seoane the previous year, the Gladbachers went into the new season with Polanski as the already ailing coach, despite considerable doubts in the environment and in parts of the supervisory board. At Seoane, the then sports director Roland Virkus made the decision. Shortly afterwards he too had to take his hat off. Now his successor Rouven Schröder apparently has to look for a coach again.

Schröder's conversion has not yet paid off

After the disappointing preseason, Schröder made major changes to the squad and the coaching team around Polanski instead of parting ways with the head coach. A total of eleven new additions had fueled the club's hope of a better season without fears of relegation. After the three opening defeats of the new season, disillusionment has now set in again. In Freiburg, Gladbach played like a relegated team.

The bad luck with injuries that Polanski had to contend with also weighs on his mood. A total of five players are currently out, some seriously injured.