Borussia Dortmund chief Hans-Joachim Watzke has defended the membership’s decicion to promote star striker Erling Haaland to Manchester Metropolis.
The switch of the participant was confirmed by Metropolis on Tuesday after present process medical checks in Brusells on Monday afternoon.
Talking to CNN on the switch, Watzke stated: “That is the one approach for us as a result of when a participant performs very nicely, now we have to battle in opposition to the large, huge, huge golf equipment with the oligarchs and the Arabian states at their again.
“And this battle we can not win, however we will win a battle over an 18-year-old participant, like Jude Bellingham as a result of this participant likes to play at Borussia Dortmund as a result of now we have all the time 80,000 spectators, it is an excellent ambiance and the membership is aware of the right way to handle younger gamers.
“That is our approach and, okay, now we have a superb division who’re scouting younger gamers each day, nevertheless it’s additionally essential you probably have the participant right here, you should develop him and I believe that works … more often than not, it really works.”
Watzke additional insisted that they are going to survive with out the Norwegian as they’ve achieved earlier than after the sale of stars like Robert Lewandowski and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
