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Sebastian Kehl comments on winter transfers for Borussia Dortmund

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November 21, 2022

Sebastian Kehl comments on winter transfers for Borussia Dortmund

After a “critical” analysis, Sebastian Kehl wants to meet his own demands. The BVB sports director also commented on possible winter transfers. The former coach of Borussia Dortmund Marco Rose reviewed the past season. All news and rumors about the black and yellow are here.

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BVB, News: Sebastian Kehl wants to live up to his own standards

Borussia Dortmund lost the last two Bundesliga games and spent the winter in sixth place. For Sebastian Kehl, it was therefore time to “address things internally, analyze them and deal with them critically,” explained Dortmund’s sporting director at the general meeting. “Sixth place in the Bundesliga is certainly not what Borussia Dortmund is aiming for!”

He sees progress in the Champions League and staying in the DFB Cup as positive. Therefore, he could only convey “that we will continue to attack from January”. You see more in the team and are dissatisfied with the “constellation in the Bundesliga”. “We have to live up to the standards we set for ourselves!”

“Our goal tally, the standard situations and the effectiveness” named Kehl as clear areas for improvement. Some offensive players have not yet “found the performance that we expect” – and that BVB also needs to be successful. A solution? “We’ll turn the screws a little tighter.”

BVB, News: Possible personnel changes in winter

Sports director Sebastian Kehl and coach Edin Terzic are firmly in the saddle at BVB. At the general meeting, managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke supported his managers.

Kehl also feels the “great responsibility” that Watzke spoke of, but it’s nothing new for him. “I know what weighs on me, it motivates me and gives me a lot of drive,” explained the sporting director. He wanted to put BVB “on a much better footing from January” than was possible in the first four months.

Since there will probably be no change of coach, the question of winter transfers arises. The coming transfer period will be “unusual”, explained Kehl, “because the market will move in a completely different way due to the World Cup”. But BVB is not a club that “acts extraordinarily” in winter. Nevertheless, one is in the process of “doing the homework”. The focus is partly already on the summer.

It doesn’t get any worse: That was the BVB flop of the first half of the season

1/23

Borussia Dortmund has played a very mixed Bundesliga season so far. And the individual ratings are correspondingly different. Here are the average SPOX scores for the first half of the season for the BVB pros.

2/23

Goalkeeper – GREGOR KOBEL: The Swiss is one of the few Dortmunders who consistently put their maximum on the pitch. Kobel only received a five in the defeat in Berlin against Union, otherwise he was in top form. GPA: 2.8.

3/23

ALEXANDER MEYER: The substitute couldn’t match Kobel’s performance, but he left a solid impression in his four appearances. Three times the 3.5 and one grade 4.5 make a grade point average of: 3.7.

4/23

DEFENSE – FELIX PASSLACK: Played against VfB Stuttgart and Bochum, didn’t stand out much either positively or negatively. GPA: 3.2.

5/23

MARIUS WOLF: Fluctuated between good and decent performances, but was only really weak against Leipzig (grade 4). In his eight evaluated assignments, he achieved an average grade of 3.2.

6/23

THOMAS MEUNIER: The Belgian has not had a good season so far. He was rated eight times, twice he got a three, mostly he was significantly weaker. GPA: 4.2.

7/23

RAPHAËL GUERREIRO: In addition to Meunier, a second permanent scapegoat. Offensively with strong performances, but defensively a constant risk factor. He also conceded a few goals. GPA: 3.9.

8/23

NIKLAS SÜLE: His ten evaluated missions were very mixed. For a 1.5 against Stuttgart, there is also a 5.5 in Gladbach. But was rarely fit at the beginning and had to play as a right-back in the end. GPA: 3.7.

9/23

NICO SCHLOTTERBECK: He was also a great hope in central defence. And he actually started the season properly, even delivering a two-man performance against Bayern. Then the burglary. GPA: 3.6.

10/23

MATS HUMMELS: A clear A student on the microphone, on the pitch with ups and downs. Been very consistent, especially towards the end of the first phase of the season. However, he does not go to the World Cup. GPA: 3.6.

11/23

MIDFELD – EMRE CAN: The good news is that it doesn’t get any worse from now on. Because whether in midfield or in defence: the obligatory can blunder was always there. GPA: 4.4.

12/23

MAHMOUD DAHOUD: Only had two evaluated missions and then dropped out for a long time. A good performance against Leverkusen (2) and a less good performance against Freiburg (4) makes an average of… *drum roll*: 3.

13/23

SALIH ÖZCAN: A good transfer from BVB, because the former Cologne player hardly had any highlight games, but he only got a few very bad grades. GPA: 3.6.

14/23

JUDE BELLINGHAM: Made a five at Union, which presses the cut as well as the four against Bayern, Wolfsburg, Gladbach and the 4.5 against Bremen. The fact that he still got an average grade of 3.1 in the end speaks for him.

15/23

OFFENSIVE – JULIAN BRANDT: There were phases in which the knot seemed to have burst. This was often followed by two or even three weak performances. At least manages to get an average grade of 3.6.

16/23

GIOVANNI REYNA: Eight rated appearances for the BVB professional who is plagued by injuries. And often he even showed appealing performances, with which he at least had more impact than some other players. GPA: 3.4.

17/23

JUSTIN NIJNMAH: Was substituted on against Leipzig and still got a grade of 3.5 – so it was neither positive nor negative. You can imagine the cut.

18/23

JAMIE BYNOE-GITTENS: Was well on the way to becoming BVB’s shooting star, but then injured his shoulder. Got the only top mark against Freiburg. His return is eagerly awaited. GPA: 2.9.

19/23

DONYELL MALEN: Rarely was very weak and in his ten rated missions collected some ratings around the grade of three. You could say: Doesn’t really help, but it’s also rarely a big flop. GPA: 3.6.

20/23

THORGAN HAZARD: “It doesn’t really help” is perhaps simply the slogan of the BVB offensive. However, the Belgian collected significantly more bad grades and hardly any good ones. Average grade: 4.1.

21/23

KARIM ADEYEMI: The newcomer often had to play on the right wing, where he doesn’t seem to feel very comfortable. Travels to the World Cup for Germany, but has not shown for BVB what he was brought in for. Average grade: 4.1.

22/23

YOUSSOUFA MOUKOKO: When a 17-year-old is the hope of a whole offensive, something goes wrong. But in his twelve rated appearances, the striker was able to make many good impressions. GPA: 3.2.

23/23

ANTHONY MODESTE: Came after Haller’s failure, but never found one in BVB’s system. The highlight was the goal against Bayern. Otherwise he often sank into insignificance on the pitch. grade point average: 4.

BVB, News: Probably no FC Bayern interest in Youssoufa Moukoko

At the DFB press conference on Saturday, Manuel Neuer jokingly invited Youssoufa Moukoko to Bayern Munich: “Come to Bayern,” he joked. But according to the picture put behind it no serious interest of the FCB. The Dortmund Sturmjuwel was discussed internally at Bayern, but they decided not to actively advertise for him.

Moukoko himself made a cautious statement: “In the end, you’ll all know whether I’m staying or not.” Sebastian Kehl also only said at the general meeting that there was “no positive news” to report.

BVB, News: Ex-coach Marco Rose came “with the goal of becoming German champion”

The former coach of Borussia Dortmund Marco Rose expressed himself in the sky-Interview during his time at BVB. “I went to Dortmund with the goal of becoming German champion,” he explained of his ambitions at the time, “that’s why I made the move from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund.”

He sees the 69 points he has achieved as a “very decent Bundesliga season”. He highlighted one internal record in particular: “We scored the most goals in Borussia Dortmund’s Bundesliga club history!” Nevertheless, too often you couldn’t get what you wanted on the pitch.

In the final season analysis, they “didn’t come to the same denominator” and therefore ended the collaboration. “But I have good memories of the year,” he reminisced about “great people.” Rose continued: “I really enjoyed being in Dortmund and felt very, very comfortable there.”