This has never happened before in football: For a world record fee of allegedly 25 million euros, including bonuses, coach Julian Nagelsmann leaves RB Leipzig at the end of the season and changes to permanent champions FC Bayern Munich. A transfer that caused a stir in the Bundesliga last week. BVB boss Hans Joachim Watzke will meet Nagelsmann more often in the coming days. Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig will face each other twice in a row: first in the Bundesliga on matchday 32 in Dortmund, then five days later in the DFB Cup final in Berlin. In conversation with Sport1 the BVB boss has now commented on Nagelsmann and the duels.
display
–
The fact that the RB coach is switching to the big BVB rival from Munich was “not surprising,” said the managing director and praised the 33-year-old: “Julian Nagelsmann is a top coach. That Bayern would find a good solution was a result to go out. ” Now it is up to BVB to spoil Nagelsmann’s farewell to Leipzig. Watzke wishes two victories: “Of course these encounters have a certain explosiveness. These two games will decide whether it will be a good season for us after all.”
–
In the Bundesliga, BVB is currently in fifth place in the Europa League with three game days to go, one point behind Eintracht Frankfurt in fourth place in the Champions League. According to Watzke, the focus is initially on the league encounter: “We must first throw everything into the balance to win the game on Saturday and leave fifth place in the Bundesliga. The game against Leipzig on Saturday is our first final “said the Dortmund boss. If BVB beat Leipzig, “we will play in the Champions League next year”, Watzke is convinced.
–
Watzke compared the situation with Robert Lewandowski, with whom there had been “a conflict of interest” at the time. “We stayed tough and Robert accepted that. The following season he became the top scorer. I trust Erling to do that too.” However, according to Haaland advisor Raiola, the Norwegian striker will be difficult to keep until 2024 despite his contract. “When a club like Barcelona or Madrid comes, so big and with so much history, it’s hard to say no,” he told the Spanish newspaper AS (Saturday).
–
