Julian Brandt is committed to BVB – FC Bayern is missing a few 100 million

Only Nkunku in April more successful

Despite his contract running until 2024, Julian Brandt has repeatedly been linked with a premature departure from Borussia Dortmund in the past – in particular because of his inconsistent performances despite enormous potential. in the Interview with the “WAZ” The 25-year-old midfielder now clearly committed to BVB and its path. “I’m not thinking about switching at the moment, so the answer is clear. I’m still extremely interested in this club and I don’t think my time here is over,” said Brandt.

The national player emphasized that he sees the development that Dortmund has taken under coach Marco Rose very positively: “I have the feeling that something extremely good is developing here with the coach, his team and the boys who play here.” You can’t rule out anything in football – an answer that is almost always given to such questions – but “for me there is no reason to change. I feel good in Dortmund and I still have a few plans here.”

BVB professional Julian Brandt wants to get rid of inconsistency – only Nkunku more successful in April

According to Brandt, this also includes finally discarding the changeability in your own game. Most recently, the native of Bremen showed impressively what is then possible. In April, Brandt has had two goals and two assists so far – in the top 10 European leagues only the Leipzig midfielder Christopher Nkunku (24), who is usually used more offensively, was more successful with six scorers than the BVB professional. Brandt had previously sat on the bench a few times, which gnawed at him: “Yes, March was difficult, I wasn’t happy with my scorer points either. But I always try to look at the positive and not think too much about negative things.”

Even compared to the weak previous season, which made him one of the biggest losers in market value in the Bundesliga in the 2021 calendar year, the ex-Leverkusener feels that the consistency has “already gotten better. When I was on the bench, it was clear to me: I have to be back as soon as I have the chance – and that’s why the games against Stuttgart and Wolfsburg did me a lot of good.” His goal for the rest of the season is clear: “At the end of the season it must be clear that I haven’t taken one or two steps back, but two or three steps forward.”

Brandt in front of a top duel: BVB are “to put it bluntly a few hundred million euros” short of Bayern

Brandt can prove his development in the top game on Saturday (6.30 p.m.) when BVB takes on FC Bayern and, in the event of a defeat, gives them their tenth championship in a row – exactly on the day when the black and yellow last won the cup ten years ago. With regard to the title duel between Munich and Dortmund, which is conjured up anew every season, Brandt said that he and his team had given up the opportunity to make the fight more exciting. Although he can understand that the BVB management does not give the championship as an official goal, he said: “As a player, it must always be the goal to win all 34 games. And then you will probably win the championship as well.”

Every player in the BVB squad wants to win titles and repeat what people experienced here in 2013. How realistic that is is another question. But the will, the greed for it, is there in everyone”. But it is clear, a mantra that BVB boss Hans-Joachim Watzke always repeats, that the gap to FC Bayern is huge, especially financially. In order to attack the record champions, “to put it bluntly, a few hundred million euros” are missing. Something that is mainly reflected in the salary structure – because the purchase value of the Bayern squad is EUR 80 million more than that of BVB at this level, only slightly higher.

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