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BVB boss talks about the cadre break
15.05.2025 – 10:30 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
On the last Bundesliga matchday, Borussia Dortmund wants to make the qualification perfect for the Champions League. Then it is quickly about the squad of the future.
There are no major upheavals at BVB in summer – sports director Sebastian Kehl has now made it clear. In an interview with the “kicker”, he emphasized that, despite sporting ambition, economic reason applies.
“There are existing contracts that need to be taken into account. We also have to observe the economic framework,” said Kehl. So if you have hopes for a number of top -class new commitments, you should be disappointed. “We will certainly not be able to do five or six top transfers-if anyone should think that,” continued Kehl.
Before the last matchday of the Bundesliga season, where Dortmund meets Holstein Kiel in his own stadium, the goal is clear to Kehl. “We viewed every game as a final, the last final on Saturday is on the home stretch – and we want to pay no doubt from the first second against the Kieler with whom we still have an invoice that we still want to take the last step,” he said. The clear goal: the qualification for the Champions League.
A reunion with the nightmare finish of 2023 apparently nobody at BVB. At that time, a 2-2 against Mainz 05 was not enough for the championship on the last match day. According to Kehl, these scenes will not repeat themselves. “We have been working on this game for a long time,” he said. The prerequisites are others this time. “We are still in the chasing position and can reach the jump to the Champions League places through a win.”
Dortmund goes as a fifth in the table in the 34th matchday. An advantage for the black and yellow: The direct competitors Eintracht Frankfurt (third place) and SC Freiburg (fourth place) meet in a direct duel-and will inevitably take care of points.