In recent years, Borussia Dortmund has been celebrated for the ability to get young, development -capable players and then give them back for high prices. According to the former Bundesliga coach Felix Magath, this business model of BVB is not suitable in order to be able to attack FC Bayern sustainably.
The last player who left Borussia Dortmund for a lot of money was Jew Bellingham in the summer of 2023. At that time the midfielder went to Real Madrid for 113 million euros. The young Englishman had played in the BVB jersey for three years and fought for a regular place as just 17, in order to make themselves indispensable afterwards.
Bellingham is only a name from the past few years that something like this has achieved. Jadon Sancho (2022 for 85 million euros for Manchester United), Erling Haaland (2023 for 60 million euros to Manchester City) or Ousmane Dembélé (2018 for 135 million euros to FC Barcelona) came to Dortmund and moved in early 20 for A lot of money further. Money that BVB needed to invest in other players. At the same time, there was also a lot of quality missing.
A circumstance that Felix Magath also pushed negatively with a view to the current situation in the black and yellow, which lags behind its own ambitions.
“I am not a friend that you always give up one of the best players every season, so it will be difficult to develop a team,” Magath put his finger in the wound of the currently suffering BVB supporters.
“The business model works to make money. But I think it is unsuitable to bring a club forward. This is very, very difficult in this way,” said Magath.
Magath: This is how BVB does not come to FC Bayern
The Dortmund Borussia recently “bought very, very well young players again and then sold them for a lot of money. It kept that at the top of the Bundesliga. But a development that is more sustainable and that it is more viable for FC Bayern would have not been the case in this way, “analyzed the former master coach.
His tip to those responsible for the BVB: “I think you should reorient yourself and prefer a player, even if he would bring a lot of money, keep a little longer to develop a team with it.”