Sebastian Kehl will soon be following in the footsteps of sports director Michael Zorc at Borussia Dortmund. The ex-captain was already responsible for the most recent transfers of Niklas Süle (FC Bayern) and Nico Schlotterbeck (SC Freiburg). But a recent statement about the future of BVB head coach Marco Rose is now falling at his feet.
Sebastian Kehl did himself a disservice by publicly denying his absolute support to Dortmund coach Marco Rose. As of today, he “assumes” that Rose will remain in office, Kehl told “Sky” last weekend. A statement that left plenty of room for interpretation.
“Back cover looks different”, was the opinion of Lothar Matthäus in his “sky“-Column, “and Kehl knows that and knew that too when he answered. He is clever, smart and knows the business very well. It’s not for nothing that the bosses have entrusted him with this post.” In football, “every word counts” and that shouldn’t be “new” to Kehl.
The day after, Kehl, who worked as a licensed player manager until the end of the season, admitted to “Sport1” that his statement was “totally unfortunate” and added unequivocally: “I can clearly say that I’m planning the coming season with Marco.”
Rose is compared to Terzic at BVB
Matthäus nevertheless criticized: “Something like that shouldn’t happen to him. That was negligent and naïve. It’s well known that BVB consultant Matthias Sammer is a big fan of Edin Terzic, Rose is critical and Boss Watzke gives a lot to Sammer’s judgment. All the more This makes it clearer that Kehl did not just utter this sentence by mistake, but that there is a lot of truth in it.”
Due to Kehl’s statements, Rose would be under even more pressure in the coming season than it already was, Matthäus also suspected. Because: The comparison with Edin Terzic, who works as technical manager at BVB after his interim job in the previous season, is still in the mind.
Although Terzic “needed a few weeks to lead the team to good football, but then did it really well. In addition, he is a BVB man through and through, the fans love him”.