BVB: Sebastian Kehl criticizes ex-Dortmund star on TV – “I would have saved myself statements” | Sports

“Would have saved me statements” |

Kehl criticizes ex-BVB star on TV

He didn’t like these statements at all!

BVB sports director Sebastian Kehl (42) reacted clearly to the public appearance of ex-BVB defender Manuel Akanji (27).

Kehl before the Champions League game against Man City on DAZN: “We would have liked to have extended Manuel because he’s just a good player and it’s not for nothing that he shows up at Manchester City. Nevertheless, I would have spared myself the statements that came afterwards.”

Akanji had criticized the way he was treated in the Swiss “Blick” before the transfer. In Dortmund, “things were said about me that were simply not true,” he said. He “never talked about numbers with BVB. I never cared about the money. I found it blatant that I was accused of that out of nowhere.” In addition, the performance principle “no longer counted”.

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Kehl emphasized that Akanji expressed his desire to change early on. That’s why BVB signed two new central defenders in Nico Schlotterbeck (22) and Niklas Süle (27).

Akanji played for BVB from January 2018 to summer 2022 and was in City’s starting XI against his former club on Wednesday.