“Sometimes,” said Hansi Flick, “decisions are made in such a way that you can’t really argue with them.” Sometimes they were “just made”. The national coach referred this to his conversation with Mats Hummels, in which he had informed the Dortmunder that there was no way back into the national soccer team.
At least for the time being, because even if the call to Hummels wasn’t easy, as Flick implied, both parties agreed to stay in touch. “We will stay in touch,” said Flick. It seems unlikely that the needs of the 2014 World Champion will change significantly again, because he will hardly ever play better than he is at the moment.
