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“Rick needs game time after a long break due to injury. This opportunity is available to him in an attractive league. We wish Rick all the best and will keep an eye on his development,” said Oliver Ruhnert, 1. FC Union Berlin’s Managing Director for Professional Football.

It’s tight at the top of the Bundesliga table. League leaders Bayern Munich hold a two-point lead over BVB, who themselves are only two points ahead of next opponents Union Berlin. “Our position is still good, but it could’ve been better,” said BVB coach Edin Terzic in light of the defeat to the men from Munich last week, which saw BVB cede pole position in the table. In addition, the team were eliminated from the DFB-Pokal following a loss in Leipzig four days later. “That doesn’t pass us by without leaving a trace, because we had the feeling that we were very consistent on the road at the start of the year. We deal with each other openly, honestly and critically. We know that we can pull five points clear of Union Berlin,” explained Terzic, who also stressed, however, that a different performance to the last two games will be required.

Striker Oscar Schönfelder is leaving SV Werder Bremen and will transfer permanently to SSV Jahn Regensburg, where he was on loan last season. Clemens Fritz, head of professional football at SVW, confirmed the player’s move to the third-division side.

The same certainly can’t be said for Mane’s former side Liverpool, though. Three quarters of a season removed from nearly winning an unprecedented quadruple with Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool find themselves in a position with only fleeting hopes of clinching a top four spot in the Premier League. They’re coming back from 5-2 on aggregate to Real Madrid in the Champions League, and having already been knocked out of both domestic cups in England (FA Cup, Carabao Cup).

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“The transfer to Union is a massive chance for me,” said Sven Michel on his arrival. “The talks with Oliver Ruhnert and coach Urs Fischer also convinced me that they are working with a concrete plan here. That is important to me and I’m convinced that I can help this team.”

If they win, it would be the club’s first title hat-trick since the introduction of the Junior Bundesliga in 2003 and the BVB youngsters would add another chapter to the exciting success story that is “Borussia Dortmund and the German A-Junior Championship”. The Dortmund youngsters have won the trophy nine times, reaching the final 10 times in total. Only VfB Stuttgart, who have won the title 10 times and reached the final 15 times, are above BVB in the all-time table. FC Schalke 04 are some distance behind in third place (four titles).

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