Borussia Dortmund have hired Lucien Favre as manager.

Dortmund triggered a €3 million release clause in Favre's contract with Nice.

"Signing Lucien Favre as our coach is an important part of our sporting reboot this summer," BVB sporting director Michael Zorc said in an official statement.

"He is high in our estimation for his skills, which he has shown off several times at Hertha Berlin and Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga, and also at Nice."