Ex-BVB coach heading to Spain? Edin Terzic linked with Athletic Bilbao | OneFootball

After this weekend and the 27th matchday of the Bundesliga, the last international break of the season is coming up—a period often used by struggling clubs as an opportunity to throw out a final lifeline in the form of a coaching change. This year, too, one or two Bundesliga coaches are on shaky ground, while other football managers are waiting in the wings. Edin Terzic doesn’t really belong to the latter category, but he could also be seen on a coaching bench again in the not-too-distant future.

Almost two years after his departure from Borussia Dortmund shortly after the 2023/24 season and the lost Champions League final against Real Madrid (0:2), Terzic is being touted by the Spanish As as a hot candidate for Athletic Bilbao.

The Basques need a new coach for the coming season, after Ernesto Valverde has now officially confirmed the long-circulating rumors and announced that he will not extend his contract, which expires in June.

Terzic not the only candidate

However, Terzic is not the only option being considered in Bilbao. Inigo Perez from Rayo Vallecano and Andoni Iraola, who has been very successful in the Premier League with AFC Bournemouth, are also regarded as candidates.

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Whether Terzic would even consider a position in the Basque Country remains to be seen. While it is considered certain that the 43-year-old will return to the coaching bench sooner or later, Terzic is said to be focusing more on the Premier League, where the native of Menden was already employed as assistant coach at West Ham United between 2015 and 2017.

In recent months, Terzic has also been linked with Eintracht Frankfurt, VfL Wolfsburg, Tottenham Hotspur, and AS Monaco, but a comeback for the former BVB coach has not materialized so far—though perhaps soon in Bilbao.

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