Borussia Dortmund are reaping the rewards of renewing relationship with their big-name loanee by reaching the Champions League final
orussia Dortmund’s legends team made a trip to Glasgow last Sunday to play their Celtic counterparts, raising funds for the Scottish champions’ foundation. Maybe Dortmund fans do not need any prodding towards nostalgic sentiments at the moment, as their team prepare to return to Wembley for a Champions League final 11 years on from
There are names – Emre Can, Marcel Sabitzer, Julian Brandt and more – and a coach in Edin Terzic who represents Dortmund through and through, heart and soul. But even if BVB triumph on Saturday this will not go down as one of the club’s all-time great teams. More of a Liverpool 2005, full of curios and surprises, rather than Ottmar Hitzfeld’s personality-heavy Dortmund of 1997, a collection of born winners.
If ever there was a place to nurse the winger back to his best, this was it. Sancho is home, as he puts it. He is not like other loan players. Children on matchdays wear shirts with his new No 10 on the back and theThe response of the club’s X account to England’s Euro 2024 squad announcement was typical, his omission met with the bulging eyes emoji coupled with a photo of Sancho. He would not receive this warmth or loyalty at any other club and it seems it is reciprocal.
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