One of each. It’s what he wears Borussia Dortmund without winning the Bundesliga. Ten years in which Dortmund has had to endure like the Bayern Munich has taken, year after year, the league title. One hundred and twenty months where, despite this, they have achieved two German Cups and three Super Cups, but in which the German ‘salad bowl’ has always ended up in their hands. Three thousand six hundred and fifty days dreaming of reaching, again, the highest position in the Bundesliga.
The 22/23 season has been marked with a red marker in the offices of the Signal Iduna Parkand in this transfer market, Dortmund have built a team to Sound. Without making much noise, it is one of the clubs that is being strengthened more and better. After the departure of some of his assets as the striker Erling Haland or the recent addition of axel witzel for him Atletico Madridthe German club has managed to strengthen all the lines of the field with signings that do not exceed in total the €86 million. If we subtract the 60 million that Manchester City paid for the Norwegian and the million and a half that Cologne has left in Steffen Tiggeswe have one left actual expenditure of 24.5 million euros for seven incorporations. Nothing bad.
Karim Adeyemi, Sébastien Haller, Niklas Süle, Salih Özcan, Nico Schlotterbeck, Marcel Lotka (goalie) and Alexander Mayer (goalie). Seven quality additions, not only for the future, but also for performance immediate. At first glance, five of those seven incorporations have many landing numbers from the beginning in the starting eleven. As usual in the ‘borusser’ club, they always opt for the young promises, the same ones who when they start to ‘break it’ go to top teams. Although this year he has combined them with two players consecrated in their clubs of origin, such as Haller at Ajax and sule at Bayern Munich
Karim Adeyemi (forward, 20 years old)
Although his main demarcation is that of forward, Adeyemi is a player who can play in band thanks to his great speed and verticality towards the rival area. This will be an asset to take advantage of for the ‘borusser’ team, since it opens the possibility of using the German player as the companion of Haller up front, something similar to the partnership they had last year Jadon Sancho Y Erling Haland. Adeyemi not only is he wonderfully supported by his teammates, but he also has a great goalscoring facet. In his last season in the Bundesliga he managed to score 19 goals and five assists in 29 meetings with the salzburg.
Sébastien Haller (forward, 28 years old)
A ‘total striker’: aerial shot, quick transitions, space game, play construction, great physique and individual technique. A player who is at a great point in his career, between youth and maturity. Two of two in league titles with Ajax in the last two seasons. Top scorer in the last Eredivisie campaign with 21 goals and seven assists in 31 games, starting in all of them. A player in whom all his teammates leaned on to look for the rival goal, even with their backs to it. Haller He knows how to attack spaces perfectly and his reading of the game is at the level of the great strikers in the world. Gone is his 51 goals and 16 assists in 98 games with Utrecht or 47 goals and 16 assists in 65 games with Ajax.
Niklas Süle (centreback, 26 years old)
With its 1.95 meters in height, sule He is a physical wonder that highlights his aerial game and his imposing defense. His speed is not one of his great virtues, but his great control of the ball and the ability to move it with ease and precision from behind are. In his last season with Bayern Munich he played 28 games, 19 as a starter, scoring one goal and giving two assists.
Salih Özcan (midfielder, 24 years old)
The possible replacement of axel witzel. A powerful player in one on one, with a great punch because in the lower categories of the Cologne He came to play as a striker. A mixture of youth with experience, after playing for four seasons in the Bundesliga, something that will undoubtedly go well in the ‘borusser’ midfield. In his last season with Cologne, Ozcan He played 31 games, 26 as a starter in which he has scored 2 goals and an assist.
Nico Schlotterbeck (centreback, 22 years old)
His great ability to anticipate his rivals stands out. In fact, the young German defender is the eighth player in the Bundesliga with the most interceptions: 53. He also has a good command of the aerial duel and on the ground. With the ball he is a player capable of breaking long lines and easily adapting to the different systems that can be proposed, both in the defense of three and in the defense of four. In his last season with the Freiburg, Schlotterbeck He has played 32 games, all of them as a starter, in which he has completed 4 goals and one assist.
In these moments, to the technician ‘borusser’, Edin Terzic, you are presented with several options in terms of game schemes. You can continue with your alternative to 4-3-3 which he already used on several occasions last season: the 4-2-3-1with warrior Y Meunier of sides, Schlotterbeck Y sule of centrals, a midfield with Ozcan Y Bellingham more retarded and Queen, Reus Y Adeyemi more advanced, behind Haller, being the reference as ‘9’. We could even think of a possible 3-4-3 with a line of three centrals, Schlotterbeck, hummels Y sule, warrior Y Meunier of lanes with Ozcan Y Bellingham in midfield, followed by a striker made up of Reus, Haller Y Adeyemi.
We will see which system will be used Terzicbut what is clear is that it has a infinity of alternatives to surprise the rival and line up his best players as he sees fit at any time, or depending on the opponent. Without a doubt, this year Borussia Dortmund It has the most complete and compensated team in recent seasons. We will see if it will be enough to face the Bavarian nightmare, and the ‘borussers’ supporters can materialize that dream in the precious Bundesliga.
ALEX ROIG
