What if Lewandowski wanted to come back to Borussia D? I always thought he looked better in yellow would you welcome him back?
He is the best #9 in the world so if he wanted to come then absolutely. I mean Hummels and Gotze came back so I imagine most fans would accept him. With him in the team Dortmund would win the BL next season imo. Problem is he wants to go to Spain plus no way will Bayern sell him to a direct rival.
Definitely... My hope is that he's threatening Bayern to do to them what he did to us --i.e. going to the direct competitor-- if they don't let him go this year.
I personally think he wants away from Germany to try a different challenge but it would be fun if he went back to Dortmund, but you’re right Munich would never ‘allow’ it
Reportedly a 33 million bid from BVB but Ajax may want more for Haller. He'd be a very good addition that I'd expect to deliver right away but it feels that the money could also be spent on other positions with longterm considerations in mind. Raum could be bought for that kind of money for example and for the striker position we could have taken a gamble with either a non-traditional striker or one of the young players like Moukoko or Tigges (sold to Cologne instead).
This signing really annoys me and shows we haven't got a clue. Haller thrives off crosses into the box and isn't great at running in behind. We don't have full backs who cross often. Raphael likes to come inside and Meunier is probably the best at putting a ball in, but he is very hit and miss. We done have any wingers that beat men and put crosses in. So Haller will be wasted. So including Malen we want to blow 60 million on strikers.
I agree with this but with the club seemingly pushing Guerreiro and Schulz out and wanting to sign Raum indicates that they are pursuing the type of players and system that will be utilizing the crossing game a lot more thus the Haller signing makes more sense.
Well the club has openly talked about a new style this season, more high energy pressing, physicality etc, a midfield containing Bellingham and Ozcan would point to that too as would the rumoured sales of Guerreiro, Hazard and possibly Brandt as well. Haller plus Raum would fit with that approach in terms of how robust both players are and also would suit each others strengths with Raum being an excellent crosser.
The club and Terzic realize that we no longer have a Sancho on the wings that could take on anyone 1-on-1 so the offense will have to be somewhat "reinvented" or "re-infused" with a new approach as last year was pretty telling in terms of our lack of consistent style that would lead one to believe that it was going to flourish on this team.
Moin, BVB looks for Goncalo Ramos, (21) from Benfica Lissabon, as an Alternative if Haller does not come. But i think Haller will be commited.
Interesting, I don't know the player. He just turned 21 and Bayern are reportedly interested as well. But it seems he'd cost even more than Haller. The difference between BVB and Ajax seems small though with BVB increasing their offer to 35 million. Ramos seems more of an agile, dribbler type who would rather be the addition to a striker like Haller. I think we are more in need of a player type like Haller but as everyone here already knows, if there's one area where we suck despite defense, it's getting good crosses into the box from the wings. Meunier and Brandt showed that occasionally, maybe Bellingham from a more central position. But more often than not, our crosses were atrocious. Haaland was productive enough without that because he could receive the ball from anywhere on the field and either combine with the other attackers or bulldoze through the defense. Haller seems to be someone that needs to get fed in the box.
To much Lines for the Translator, i have to learn englisch again, last time i speak for 40 years ago in School Soccer is a wonderful Medium for this. Well see what happens, hope he signes fast.
Think Haller will be announced in the next 2-3 days, seems pretty concrete. I for one don't mind him, he brings something up front that we currently lack and we will surely see a different style of play from Terzic. What is great is that there are rumours about Hazard to Newcastle. I hope these are true and we get rid of another nothing player on a 7M annual salary (if I remember correctly, not 100% sure about it).
The new direction of the club looks a poor one. Moukoko will leave soon. Just very disappointing. At the moment the club is hanging on by Reus' last couple of years. Such average signings and ignoring technically gifted players, because we can't get good coaches to teach that.
I don't share the pessimism. If Haller is aquired then it's one of the best transfer windows one could hope for. Not all issues were addressed, some target aren't available when you want it and I think it was Kehl who recently said that the transition process is just above 50% finished. But the new players are very promising. I'd agree that losing Moukoko now would be really stupid but I'd guess he'll stay for the coming season and extend his contract if the coach has him in his plans.
We are not set up to get the best out of Haller and since we badly lack width we probably never will. We wasted a highly technical team with guys like Sancho, Raphael, Dahoud, Brandt, Hummels and Reus because we couldn't be bothered to get in the right coach. We let Favre butcher them. We are now doing a terrible half and half whilst letting go the best youth talent we have. We all know Haller, but just look at his goals and then look at our goals especially Haalands. There is no similarities. Not to mention Haller just isn't good enough for us to win anything. I expect more quality players to leave and go on to start winning trophies. I am really disappointed with this window. The aim seems to be to get top 4 again
I think after losing Hakimi, Sancho and Haaland in consecutive seasons, it is fair to say that the aim is to rebuild a team. I think we are rebuilding in typical BVB fashion: around many promising young players. I think we have a good skeleton of experienced players that the young ones can grow around: Reus, Hummels, Dahoud, Brandt (if he stays hopefully), Kobel (he's young but seems very mature) etc. So given the recent turnaround, I don't think we should expect us to challenge, except if Bayern somehow loses some balance. I just hope that Terzic can be that coach who can lead the rebuild. I'm not convinced, but hoping to be proven wrong.
Off Topic: Mario Götze change is fix. He signes in Frankfurt. Welcome to Bundesliga again. We have a healthy mix of young and experienced players. It is important that the defense could be strengthened with Süle and Schlotterbeck.
Yes he can and Bayern play in a very different fashion to us. They have the best wingers in the world, Davies and of course Kimmich with his excellent delivery. Haller wouldn't be good enough for them, but he would fit into their system and I could see why they would want him. I don't think there is a top team that puts in more crosses, maybe Liverpool than Bayern.
We had a Good basis and had we sold intelligently we would also have far more finances. Selling Haaland at the right tike and selling Bellingham would have given us an extra 100 million to spend. Thus squad still has 5 number 10s, no proper 6, no winger, no one on one dribbler. We have failed to give Knauff and Moukoko the chance they deserve and wasted money on the likes of Malen. Sule provided he has no serious injury problems does look to be an excellent signing. Apart from that there is nothing special and many underwhelming signings.