"Block" next to FC Bayern
Flick welcomes BVB international transfers
National coach Hansi Flick rates the signings of several national players from runner-up Borussia Dortmund as helpful for his work and his goals with the DFB selection. It is currently becoming apparent that BVB should have a second strong block in the DFB team in the coming World Cup season alongside the traditionally dominant record champions FC Bayern Munich.
"I absolutely welcome that. The past has shown time and again that if you have two clubs that form a block, you can be successful with it," said Flick. In addition to seven Bayern professionals, the 2014 World Cup winning squad also included four from Dortmund, the second most from a club. In the 1996 European Championship success, there were also seven from Munich and five from Dortmund.
BVB managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke had already indicated to him at the beginning of the World Cup year with regard to transfer policy "that they want to try to do one thing or the other," revealed Flick. With Bayern defender Niklas Süle (26), the Freiburg Cup finalist Nico Schlotterbeck (22) and attacker Karim Adeyemi (20) from Austria's champions Red Bull Salzburg, Borussia has already signed three national players and equipped them with long-term contracts.
"Having our top players in Germany also takes us one step further with a view to the tournament after next," said Flick. The EM 2024 takes place in Germany. In the training camp in Marbella for the upcoming Nations League games against European champions Italy, the European Championship runners-up England and Hungary, Borussia Dortmund has the second-largest player contingent in the squad after FC Bayern, when you add Marco Reus (32) and Julian Brandt (26) which already includes the three newcomers Süle, Schlotterbeck and Adeyemi.
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