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Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Klopp MUST buy in January and Salvage Dortmund's Season
Dortmund are not all but out of the Bundesliga race.....THEY ARE OUT OF IT. It's over, gone, finished...see you later. It is now between Bayern and Leverkusen and we all know Leverkusen won't be able to keep up with them. The focus for Dortmund now is to claim the German Cup and WIN the Champions League. In order to do the former, they will need some new bodies in January.....I REPEAT, THEY WILL NEED SOME NEW BODIES AND THAT IS NOT EVEN UP FOR DEBATE!
Bring him home. BRING THE BOY HOME. Moyes looks like he may want to offload him and pry Sneijder back...FINE, good for him. Klopp needs to find a good restaurant, invite Kagawa over to it and for them to sit down over biscuits and just hug.....come together. Shinji must come back home, and actually have a season where he....you know....plays football a bit more regularly? Nobody likes sitting down on the bench freezing their balls off and watching their team lose to West Brom and Newcastle.
It needs to happen, it must happen and I hope it DOES happen.
Lewandowski ain't staying, we know this. So perhaps it would be wise for Klopp to anticipate this and bring in the replacement.
Yo, Chicharito....LEAVE United. You are not a bench player and it seems you ONLY play if there are injuries to other key players. Dortmund would be perfect for him and with the way he moves off the ball, and can find space, it would perfectly suit the playing styles of Reus and Mkhitarayan who are always looking for the strikers to find space, and if they do, they will likely give them the right pass. I can really see Hernandez working real well for the way that Dortmund play. He hustles, he runs, he never gives up and is ALWAYS on the move...the required mix of being a Dortmund player.
So I have put out two names, and in addition to those, Dortmund should look to get a STRONG and robust midfielder who can tackle and beat up people as well as another defender as Friedrich is rather suspect. Perhaps another winger or wing back would be useful too, as in someone who can ACTUALLY cross the damn ball. If Klopp can get his blonde paws on all these pieces, then BADA BING, we are are ready to pop and Dortmund can be healthy again. Those required for the Champions League will need to be given some rest and relaxation for the demands in the league, that is where the new recruits will help that by aiming to deliver the German cup!
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