“Of course he has to prove it”
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Borussia Dortmund’s new coach Niko Kovac gives Julian Brandt backing against public criticism. “We agree that in addition to the two Wirtz and Musiala, our Jule belongs somewhere into this range,” said Kovac at the Pay TV broadcaster “Sky” on the sidelines of the Bundesliga derby at VfL Bochum, which kicks off at 3:30 p.m. became.
“Of course he has to prove it week after week,” said Kovac. “He is a great footballer who works for the team, runs a lot and does many meters. He stands and falls with the team. We are all only good if everyone rows in one direction accordingly. He has the qualities and I wish and I am convinced that he will come back to where he was last season. ”
In the course of the Dortmund crisis, the 28-year-old Brandt has once again been criticized. “He remained a talent. He made too little out of his talent, ”said“ Sky ”expert Lothar Matthäus. So far, Brandt has had four goals across competitions and ten templates in 28 games. The market value of the 28-year-old is currently being estimated at 35 million euros-in summer 2019 it was still 50 million euros at its maximum. Like Bayern professional Jamal Musiala (21), Leverkusener Florian Wirtz (21) is assessed at 140 million euros.
User “Seppinho” recently wrote in the Dortmund TM forum: “Of course, Brandt is extremely effective when we look at goals and templates, also on penultimate balls. In my opinion, the criticism of him is more like that as a game type in a game he needs his breaks from the presence and from him as a central figure of the allusion. So it would have been so extremely important to get a Cherki. ”And“ Arche ”stated:“ The 114 contributions since February 8th. In the Brandt-Thread Up to here, I consider evidence of Brandt’s qualities and its great importance for BVB. So much could not be written to a player who is meaningless and brings nothing to the place that it was worth discussing. ”
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Meanwhile, Kovac also praised the left -back Daniel Svensson, who was borrowed from Nordsjaelland. “Little Svensson came and nobody had him on the list. He is a player who was there immediately. Very concentrated and very focused. One of the asks when he doesn’t understand what and has immediately bitten in. He is one who can play both positions. Both left and on the six. This gives us flexibility that we use. It is also good for us with standards. We now have a right and a left foot and it is always good if you have both feet in standard situations, ”said the coach about the 22-year-old. It was the second time that BVB won a player from FC Nordsjaelland – the first was Emre Mor 2016 for EUR 9.8 million.