Ilkay Gündogan himself played for Borussia Dortmund for five years and is now successful in the Premier League. But for his ex-club he has a requirement and advice against Bayern.
National player Ilkay Gündogan demands more self-confidence from his ex-club Borussia Dortmund in order to knock rival FC Bayern off the Bundesliga throne. “In my opinion, BVB lacks a braver self-assessment,” said the midfield star from Manchester City before the summit between Munich and BVB on Saturday (6:30 p.m. in the t-online live ticker) on “Sport1”.
“There’s a lot of talk about Bayern having better economic conditions, but Dortmund has managed for years to regularly convince Europe’s greatest talents and also win over experienced players, such as Emre Can or Niklas Süle last summer “said Gündogan: “Of course it’s also about being able to keep these players in the long run, but with these prerequisites and the radiance you can attack well and gladly.”
Gündogan misses consistency at BVB
According to Gündogan, Dortmund’s main problem in recent years has been “a lack of consistency”: “Often, when there was an opportunity to put pressure on Bayern, you gave away points unnecessarily. That was also the case at international level.”
In the current season, Dortmund can no longer make the title fight exciting: “Even if BVB should win on Saturday, FC Bayern should easily become champions. That of course takes a lot of the excitement out of the game. Our league game against Liverpool two weeks ago was there of course completely different in the public perception, also in Germany”, said Gündogan.