Red Bull Salzburg sporting director Christoph Freund said the Austrian team was not worried about losing coach Jesse Marsch at Borussia Dortmund.
Marsch, 46, would be one of the contenders to sign for Dortmund, as coach Lucien Favre’s days at the German club are numbered.
Favre still has one year left on his contract, but the pressure on him has increased after his team lost seven times to Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich.
Marsch has worked in the past in the Bundesliga, having been assistant coach to Ralf Rangnick before moving to Salzburg last summer.
Last week, he denied any contact with Dortmund, telling reporters: “I have a contract here and I am one hundred percent consistent with the target here in Salzburg. I don’t want to communicate about it, and I have to say that I have I haven’t been in contact with Dortmund. “
Freund says his club has no plans to let him return to Germany anytime soon, he is flattered by Dortmund’s expected interest.
“It’s when you say a coach we have will move to such a big club,” he told Sky Sport Austria.
“It’s a challenge right now. Jesse is on a long-term contract, the resolution is obviously ours. No one has spoken to him yet. “
Marsch would be the first Salzburg coach to qualify in the Bundesliga. Former coach Marco Rose left for Borussia Mönchengladbach last year, while Adi Hutter is lately at Eintracht Frankfurt and Roger Schmidt moved to Bayer Leverkusen in 2014 after spending two years at the club. .
Freund believes the latest rumours show his club has signed the right people in recent seasons.
“It is confirmed that we have coaches,” he added.
“Marco Rose has not been such an important decision before, Adi Hutter is doing an extraordinary job, [Wolfsburg coach] Oliver Glasner our assistant coach and now Jesse has already made a decision for himself. I think it’s a great story. “
Salzburg is lately the best in Austria’s smartest division, seven points ahead of second-placed Wolfsburger.