Happy faces look different!
Extremely exciting event at the BVB office: According to BILD information, the defender was sitting Niklas Süle (28) yesterday for a good half hour in the office of sports director Sebastian Kehl (43). Also there: Star consultant Volker Struth (57) from the Cologne agency Sports 360. Both left the building in Dortmund-Brackel at 2:58 p.m. with visibly frustrated expressions and didn’t speak a word to each other in the few meters to the parking lot.
After speaking to Süle, BVB sports director Kehl watched the rainy final training session of his professionals
Photo: INA FASSBENDER/AFP
After a brief farewell, Süle got into his olive-green Lamborghini Urus (666 hp) and, with the engine roaring, sped off at a brisk pace to the professional performance center, around 200 meters away, where the final training before the Champions League game today (21 p.m.) against Paris Saint-Germain. Struth sped away in his SUV with Cologne license plates and let the arriving Dortmund professionals pass at the roundabout.
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The fact is: the reservist role was also part of the conversation. Dortmund’s top earner (up to 12 million per season) spent more minutes on the bench this season (1193) than he was on the pitch (787).
His squad place for the 2024 home European Championship is in acute danger. Most recently, in the 2:3 draw against Leipzig after being substituted, he showed a strong performance and even scored to make it 1:1. Nevertheless, Süle seems anything but satisfied with his reserve role and would like to have significantly more playing time. Before the season, the defender was even promoted to third captain by coach Edin Terzic (41). The BVB bosses want more commitment and leadership from him. This is said to have been a topic at a previous meeting between Kehl and Struth, which “Sky” reported on.
Is Süle, who is under contract with BVB until 2026, now turning things around? Today against Paris, the national defender (49 DFB appearances) could be back in the starting line-up as a right-back for the shaky Marius Wolf (28/ankle problems). On Saturday (3:30 p.m.) in the league game at FC Augsburg, Süle is placed in the defense center due to the red card suspension of competitor Mats Hummels (34).
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Source: BVB Total 12/12/2023
Terzic about Süle: “Niklas showed a strong performance against Leipzig and was also very dangerous in front of goal. Nico (Schlotterbeck, d. Red) and Mats have played a lot in this position recently, Niklas had to be patient. But we knew that if he stayed diligent and kept going, we could always rely on him. Now is the time when we need him and when he wants to take advantage of his opportunity.”
And have to! Because Süle and Struth know that he can only have legitimate hopes of playing in the European Championships as a BVB regular.
2023-12-13 22:51:42
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