He is the greatest storm talent in Germany – but Dortmund’s Youssoufa Moukoko (16) still needs a lot of patience.
In the U21, the offensive jewel showed its qualities again last week, snapping twice in its starting eleven in San Marino (6-0). At BVB, on the other hand, he has to stand in line and only has 20 league minutes this season. But there is a clear idea behind it …
In the U21 scorer, in the BVB bench press! This is how Rose plans with Moukoko!
Sebastian Kehl (41), head of the licensed game department: “We have a clear plan with Youssoufa, which we discussed with him. He has just come back from a longer injury break, but will surely gain match practice and develop further over the course of this long season with many English weeks. “
► Moukoko (market value 18 million euros) injured his ankle at the U21 European Championship at the end of March, and missed the entire end of the season. He only got back into training in June and has since been carefully rebuilt by BVB trainer Marco Rose (44). Only in the Supercup against Bayern (1: 3) he was allowed to sniff the starting line-up.
► Good for Moukoko: The new 4-4-2 system offers more options. He can play at the top next to Urgewalt Erling Haaland (21) or Donyell Malen (22), but also behind. Flexibility, which is also valued by the bosses. Kehl: “Youssoufa can play different positions and play his goal hazard from these.”
One thing is clear: at almost 17 years of age, the future of BVB belongs to him. Moukoko: “My path is only just beginning and is far from over.”
In the next four weeks Dortmund will have to run six times. Enough opportunities to play yourself in the foreground …
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