One could pack my Kehli deep into the casket to stage himself as a new strong man. Was there stress with Zork before or did Aki push a new protégé?
No matter how I like the mix of young and experienced when shopping. The sums are gigantic, but obviously we can afford to go back to the level before Corona. Or we can’t afford not to attack… The pressure of the competition for second place is increasing and the tension (for second place) is increasing…
Attacking Bayern is simply not possible when you look at the numbers.
Where do you get such an assumption from? Kehl doesn’t “stage” himself at all. He would stage himself if he gave an interview praising himself after each transfer. The guy is just doing his job and so far he’s doing it very well. Just looking at the transfer fees, Kehl has made real “bargains” so far.
If David Raum were to be made clear, then it would be a dream summer. This requires something on the delivery side. Akanji, (unfortunately) Guerreiro and Schulz could still bring in replacements. Otherwise you can also sell Meunier and Can, in order to at least save a disproportionately high salary.
I don’t see it really exciting for 2nd place yet. Dortmund played an absolute crap season and still 5 points ahead of overperforming Leverkuseners. In addition, you don’t invest headlong now, but really bring in players who are supposed to improve the weak points and compensate for departures.
Well, I don’t necessarily see it now that BVB is the absolute number 2 in Germany. In recent years there have been quite a few different runners-up, sometimes BVB, sometimes Wolfsburg, sometimes Schalke, sometimes Leipzig.
And Leipzig in particular is a very big competitor and has already partly outstripped BVB, both nationally and internationally.
Because let’s be honest, BVB only became runners-up because Leipzig had a misunderstanding with Marsch at the beginning and Leverkusen was once again an absolute inconsistency.
In the previous season, Leipzig was already runner-up.
In addition, Leipzig has been in an international semi-final twice in the last three seasons. BVB last managed to do this in 2013.
So BVB is definitely not quite so sovereign as number 2.
But I also find it really exciting. There could really be another champion in the league and the German clubs also have good chances internationally. All 5 CL participants are doing incredibly well on the transfer market at the moment. It could really be a very, very successful CL season.
Of course you can argue like you do, but it’s a bit too one-sided for me personally.
In the last 4 years, BVB has come in 2nd place 3 times. So there haven’t really been as many different runners-up as you’re portraying in recent years. Incidentally, the last vice championship for Wolfsburg was 7 years ago.
As for the international semifinals, your point is not wrong. Yes Leipzig got 2 and that’s a great achievement. Conversely, one can also say that BVB was ahead of Leipzig in the table 4 times in the last 5 years. In addition, one could argue that Leipzig did get 2 times further than BVB, but in the end both seasons with the semifinals against the same opponent as BVB were knocked out. Without wanting to belittle Leipzig’s success, things could have gone differently in other draws. In addition, in the past season with the EL semi-finals there was also a round with a bye where you progressed directly without having to play at all. If you can’t blame Leipzig and it’s possible that they would have gone further if they had to play, but at the end of the day it’s more luck than sporting achievement.
Then your point with Marsh. Yes, of course it was a dip in the toilet. But now to basically assume that Leipzig would have landed safely ahead of BVB if Marsh hadn’t gotten it is just nonsense. Then you can also say Leipzig would never have won the cup if Dortmund and Bayern hadn’t been so stupid. Maybe, but at the end of the day nobody can prove it. In 2021, BVB pretty much dismantled Leipzig in the cup final. It’s not Leipzig’s fault that BVB were too stupid to win against Pauli. Neither is it BVB’s fault that Leipzig got a coach who didn’t have a lot on the box. Both clubs have made mistakes in the respective situation that have favored the success of the other. But to label this as bad luck for one (Leipzig and Marsh) and to see it as normal for the other (BVB vs Pauli) is simply wrong.
I don’t want to dismiss your point of view as wrong either, it definitely has its truth content. Nevertheless, it is worded far too one-sidedly for me personally.
With regard to the 5 CL participants, I agree with you in principle, but you should first wait and see what the English are doing before you draw a conclusion. As of now, the German clubs have bought really cleverly (and also early), but the transfer summer is just beginning. I think Chelsea, Barca and possibly City will still do a lot. I don’t see Liverpool at the end either and a lot could happen at Real in addition to the strong transfers so far (from my point of view).
Sure, but in the last seven years there have been four different runners-up and within the last four there have also been three.
In addition, BVB and Leipzig are often very close in terms of points. For example, Leipzig was B. twice only three points behind BVB.
And of course it can be different with another draw, but that applies to every club without exception. In international competition, there is always a draw, and you can always say that it could have looked like this if the draw had been different.
And yes, there was a bye for Leipzig, but that only affected one round, in the remaining rounds they showed strong performances, especially in the CL group. Now to say that it would be more luck than sporting performance is not true either.
As for march. BVB didn’t play a really good season and the BVB fans also say that they were really lucky that the others didn’t score enough points. And then you have to think about that Leipzig has never had a bad season, at least since they were promoted to the Bundesliga, they have always played at the top and especially before Marsch under Nagelsmann they were incredibly strong and after Marsch they became that again under Tedesco and has put on an unbelievable consistency, with which you would have even become champion if you had had it like that from the beginning.
That’s why I got the point with Marsch, because Leipzig has never had a really bad season or seen any major inconsistency, which, by the way, I really see as an absolutely outstanding performance.
And I’m not saying that Leipzig is now light years ahead of BVB, but this view that many have that BVB is the sovereign number 2 in Germany is just not correct. In addition, BVB has played under their own means too often in recent years, while Leipzig has achieved great success both nationally and internationally.
It is also not correct that the transfers would set you apart from the rest of the league, rather BVB has caught up with Leipzig in terms of squad, because I see Leipzig better than BVB in terms of squad, at least in the past season. In general, the Leipzig squad is, as many have already said here in the forum, probably the best squad in the league overall.
After the current BVB transfers, I see both squads about the same, although of course it still depends on what else Leipzig is doing on the transfer market.
Yes and of course the other top clubs can of course also make one or the other stronger transfer, although that’s nothing new. Most of the top clubs always invest diligently.
What is new, however, is that all German CL participants are now so heavily involved in the transfer market.
And I see really good chances for us there.