Thursday 13 January 2011

Klopp has Borussia on top.

     With Bayern dominating German football by winning the Bundesliga and the Pokal last season as well as reaching the final of the Champions League, many thought that the Bundesliga would be a walk in the park for Die Bayern. However, as the Bundesliga resumes after its winter break it is Borussia Dortmund who are at the zenith of Germany's top league.
Mario Götze and Shinji Kagawa 
      Jürgen Klopp has cultivated a squad littered with good young talent from defence to attack. One surprise is summer signing and Japanese sensation Shinji Kagawa. The attacking midfielder has already notched up 8 goals this season making him the clubs joint top scorer since joining from Cerezo Osaka. His goal return has already make him a shrewd bit of business having signed for the megre amount of €350,000. His signing could yet be more lucrative for Borussia as many of the gossip columns have linked the 21 year old to Manchester United for a figure of around €10million. However this move is higly doubtful as the pint-sized playmaker has become an integral of die Schwarzgelben's success this season and could be if they want to maintain it for the foreseeable future.
    Another player who has been intergal for Borussia is midfield maestro Nuri Sahin. Tipped as a future star at such a young age having made his debut at just 17, Sahin seems to have matured within the last season and a half into a consummate playmaker and passer of the ball. Having started all of Borussia's 17 games this season weighing in with 6 assists and 4 goals, Sahin has been instrumental in Borussia's rise to the top which will be pleasing to everyone involved at Signal Iduna Park as they have nurtured Nuri Sahin's talent through the youth teams.
    The final player I'm going to mention, even though there are many more that deserve to be, is also a product of the Borussia Dortmund youth system. 18 year old Mario Götze has been a revelation in midfield this season. Having been at the club since the age of 8, Götze made his debut last season against FSV Mainz 05 and featured spodically throughout the season however this year he has had more first team action featuring 16 times, including 12 times in the starting eleven. Götze's performances this season, including 2 goals and 6 assists, have earned him a call up to the German national side, in which he is one of many in an astonishingly good crop of new German talent, . 
    With their first game after the winter break coming on the 14th January against Bayer Leverkusen it remains to be seen whether these three players along with Lucas Barrios, Kevin Großkreutz and Robert Lewandowski can continue with their great run of form and gain Borussia their first Bundeliga title since the 01/02 season.

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