BVB: 10 to 15 squad changes? Identified need on defense

Watzke wants to play for titles again

After the narrowly missed title win in the Bundesliga, there are some personnel adjustments at Borussia Dortmund in the summer. As the “Ruhr News” report that there should be “between ten and 15” changes in the squad – in terms of arrivals and departures. Apparently, the plan to attack again in the 2023/24 season is above all, in order to finally be back in front of FC Bayern after twelve years.

“We will not deviate from our goal and want to play for the German championship again because we have the feeling that we are very close. But that also means that we have to know from the first match day that every goal is important and can ultimately be decisive,” explained BVB boss Hans-Joachim Watzke to the newspaper. The 63-year-old praised the head coach, who had already won the DFB Cup during his first term in office. “Everything we hoped for from Edin Terzic, he delivered more than one hundred percent. He’s an exceptional coach. He gives this club a friendly face.”

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According to reports, the face of the team will change in parts. Felix Passlack (25, to VfL Bochum), Mahmoud Dahoud (27), Raphaël Guerreiro (29), Anthony Modeste (35) and Luca Unbehaun (22, destination still unknown) are certain to leave, and Jude Bellingham ( 19) probably join Real Madrid for a fee in the hundreds of millions. Despite a contract that runs until 2024, Nico Schulz (30) has no future. According to the “WAZ” However, no comprehensive squad change is planned, rather the team is to be strengthened selectively – preferably on the defensive flanks and in defensive midfield, where a need for action has been identified. Exception: the central defense. Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Ramy Bensebaini is more or less certain as the new left-back, and the 28-year-old’s signature should be officially completed soon.

Meanwhile, Edson Álvarez from Ajax Amsterdam and Enzo Le Fée (23) from FC Lorient are under discussion for midfield. The 25-year-old Mexican Álvarez still has a contract until 2025, according to “Sky” and “Sport1”, the Munich team, who are also said to be interested, want to concentrate on other candidates. The 23-year-old Frenchman Le Fée is tied to Lorient until 2024, and the market value winner from March (from 12 million to 15 million euros) was also linked to Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt in the rumor mill.

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