Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans Joachim-Watzke has backed coach Jurgen Klopp after the club fell to their fourth league defeat of the season to Hamburg on Saturday.
Dortmund invested in the region of €50 million [£39.3m] over the summer, with Ciro Immobile and Shinji Kagawa their marquee signings, though they did lose last season's top goalscorer Robert Lewandowski to Bayern Munich.
Injuries have also played their part, with Ilkay Gundogan, Marco Reus and Henrikh Mkhitaryan all on the sidelines, but Watzke is adamant Klopp can improve the team's form.
He said to Kicker: "It is obvious that some players have reached their limit. This is understandable, they are not machines.
"Jurgen Klopp is absolutely the right man for Dortmund."
Captain Mats Hummels also played down the severity of Dortmund's inconsistent start to the campaign.
"There are always times in a season where form dips. We're not going to go crazy about it," said the central defender.
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