After moving to Man City: BVB coach Terzic reacts to Akanji criticism

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“The principle of performance no longer counted, I sat in the stands, no matter how well I trained,” central defender Manuel Akanji, who switched from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City on Deadline Day, summed up his last few months in the service of Westphalia in the Swiss “Blick”. BVB trainer Edin Terzic reacted before the reunion in the Champions League (from 9 p.m. in the TM live ticker) to the public appearance of the 27-year-old: “Actually, everything went quite normally,” confirmed the coach with a view to the transfer , who flushed Dortmund 17.5 million euros into the box office.

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“He told us he wanted to leave the club and we made the decision to bring in two new centre-backs,” explained Terzic. Because Akanji didn’t play anymore, it was “not an easy situation” in the meantime, “neither for Manu nor for us,” Terzic continued: “I’m happy for Manu that he fulfilled his wish and that it worked out the change to a top club, even if only on the deadline day. And we’re looking forward to seeing him again.” Akanji played 158 competitive games (4 goals) for the Black and Yellows between 2018 and 2022. Last season he played 23 of 26 games in the Bundesliga over the full distance under Terzic’s predecessor Marco Rose contested by 90 minutes.

In an interview published in “Blick” on Monday, he had criticized the way he was treated recently before the transfer. “Things were said about me in Dortmund that were simply not true,” said the defender. He also “never talked about numbers with BVB. I never cared about the money. I thought it was crazy that I was accused of that out of nowhere.”

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