A warm welcome to Dortmund! Why did you decide to move to BVB?
“After my loan with Manchester United, I did a lot of thinking and looked at where I saw my future. When the contact with BVB, the coach, the sporting director and the managing director came about, they expressed their confidence in me and gave me a very good feeling. For me it was then a question of time until I accepted. Now I’m very happy that everything worked out so quickly.”
Milos Veljkovic will train individually over the coming days due to a knee joint issue and will miss Sunday’s friendly against Eintracht Braunschweig (7th January, 15:00 CET). It remains to be seen whether he will be fit in time for the first competitive match of the year against VfL Bochum (14th January).
Too often, however, Gnabry has not been able to provide that boost — at least in the eyes of the Bayern Munich bosses. Because of that, the talented attacker could be playing his final months at the Allianz Arena.
Yussuf Poulsen speaks to us at our training camp in La Manga (Spain)
At the end of the 21st round of Bundesliga fixtures three teams – FC Bayern, Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Union Berlin – were level on points at the top of the table. This was the first time this had happened at such a late stage in the season since the introduction of the three points for a win rule. The ramifications of Sunday’s match could be huge for the ultimate destiny of the title.
Despite being annoyed at the inconsistency of some decisions from VAR in recent weeks, the general consensus seems to be that it was a sending off.
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It is known that Bayern have a big French contingent, and being coach of Paris Saint-Germain meant that the ex-Dortmund and Chelsea FC coach could speak the language. “The French boys are happy that I can still speak a few words of French,” Tuchel said (via @iMiaSanMia). “It’s nice to communicate with the players in their language. I’m very happy about my experience abroad.”
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Friendly on Saturday (15:00 CET) as part of training camp in La Manga, Spain
