David Wagner wants to bring a touch of Dortmund to Huddersfield Town

David Wagner says he is trying to implement the Borussia Dortmund style to his management at Huddersfield.

The former Dortmund coach replaced Chris Powell in early November with the club 18th in the Championship, and has lifted them up two places in that time.

Their form has remained inconsistent, but signs of improvement are evident, and Wagner says he is enjoying the challenge and wants to build a side in Dortmund's image.

Wagner told the FL72 Podcast: "It's exciting, very busy, there are a lot of games but I enjoy every single day. There are differences to Germany and similarities too. 

"Our long-term target is to build up a team able to attack the top 10 of the league, but long-term in football two or three years, and for this we have done our first steps, but we have to be very patient, and accept sometimes there are ups and downs.

"You sometimes have to go two steps back to go three steps forward. But I feel very protected. The club understand our idea.

"We arrived to give this club a new idea and identity, to play a different kind of football and I think after the first months we are on our way. 

"On the pitch we are in a good way. We don't have all the points we deserved from our performances, but one of the things the chairman [Dean Hoyle] asked me when we first joined is: 'Is it possible to bring the Borussia Dortmund way of playing to Huddersfield Town?' and I said: 'Yes, of course!'."

The club are eight points clear of the danger zone in the Championship, and host Sheffield Wednesday after the international break.

Wagner says he is still in contact with his friend Jurgen Klopp, now manager of Liverpool, and insists the style of football they both believe in can be successful at any level if the time is handed to them.

"We have exactly the same philosophy, exactly the same ideas and we love the same style of football. We worked together for nearly five years day in, day out.

"You can play this style of football everywhere in the world if the club is open-minded and everybody is patient enough.

"[The chairman] said we will be, so we started this new chapter and new project."