Bundesliga update in October
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The BVB, which is still unbeaten in the current season, is on the way to a constant and serious playing team – also thanks to midfield engine Marcel Sabitzer. The 31-year-old is the focus of the first major indicator of this Bundesliga season against pursuer RB Leipzig due to his recent achievements. Should that affect its market value in the approaching Bundesliga update?
Sabitzer knows what one of the currently most formed teams of the European top 5 leagues against his ex-club is about on Saturday afternoon. “It is an extremely important game on Saturday where we can put ourselves in a good position. We are hot on it,” said the Austrian, who again showed his strong form during the week in the Champions League against Athletic Bilbao. The positive series of Dortmund does not surprise Sabitzer: “In the end, this has to be our claim. We have the quality that we have to call it up every three days.” In the league, BVB is even 13 games in series unbeaten. The last defeat to date was on March 15th – at 0-2 in Leipzig.
In addition to the recent attacking attacker Karim Adeyemi, Sabitzer is one of the undisputed guarantees of the Dortmund altitude. Although the Dortmund squad is very broad in the central midfield- not least thanks to Carney Chukwuemeka and Jobe Bellingham- the former Bavarian and Manchester professional under coach Niko Kovac is currently set. The 91-time ÖFB international was on four of the five match days in the Croatian starting eleven. His experience and way of defending aggressively contributes a large part to the new Dortmund stability.
BVB coach Kovac: Sabitzer is a clock in the counterpressing
“He is the clock in terms of counterpressing and as far as the duel hardness is concerned,” said Kovac with a view to his protégé and added: “He is already the one who holds the center together for us.”
Against Leipzig, where Sabitzer played from 2015 to 2021, the motivation of the 31-year-old should be particularly high. “We need him and are happy that he has such a good shape at the moment,” BVB sports director Sebastian Kehl also attested during the week. The professional, who was long in the medium as a candidate for sale, was approached to his form high: “In preparation, we accelerated, as you can see, did something. (…) If the team plays well, you also feel better, things are easier to get out of hand.”
Bundesliga market values: Should Sabitzer’s market value rise in October?
Should there be the first market value plus for three years in view of the recent development in the approaching October update of the Bundesliga or does the advanced football age prevent this? At that time, he was able to screw up for five million in the FC Bayern jersey of FC Bayern, which has fallen to 8 million euros again until today. Sabitzer’s maximum value was once 42 million euros, at that time still in the service of the upcoming BVB opponent Leipzig. Here you can still determine about upgrading and devaluing in the Bundesliga!