BVB will probably have to say goodbye to the dream of ousting FC Bayern from the top in 2022/2023. Dortmund’s high-flyer Jude Bellingham has now achieved a small respectable success, placing himself in front of Munich’s Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka in a prestigious ranking. Rightly so, thinks ex-national player Torsten Frings.
Every summer and winter, the specialist magazine “kicker” publishes its famous “ranking list of German football”, in which the best professionals in the Bundesliga are ranked based on their positions.
In a comparison of the defensive midfielders, Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund had the edge this time. Despite a strong first series, the Englishman missed a classification in the “world class” category, but relegated Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka from FC Bayern to second and third place.
Six legend Torsten Frings can live with the assessment. “Jude Bellingham in defensive midfield as number one? I see it the same way, the World Cup has impressively confirmed that. Even at the age of 19 he can put his stamp on BVB and England’s national team,” the 46-year-old ennobled the teenager, who was courted throughout Europe, in the “kicker “.
Frings driver Bellingham does not see the limit yet. “It’s obvious that his path will lead to world class,” remarked the ex-Dortmunder.
World-class FC Bayern duo “recently a long way away”
Frings also took a position on the classification of Kimmich and Goretzka. Both are “just right, despite the World Cup disappointment,” emphasized the long-time national player. At the World Cup in Qatar, the Munich team, like almost all of their teammates, fell far short of expectations.
“When both are in top form, they embody world class for me. But of course they were a long way from that recently,” Frings clarified.