Seems like a nice enough fella. Pretty good track record....why couldn't he make it work at Dortmund?
He did make it work, untill this season. He did a terrific job at Dortmund, brought them back to prominence. In the years before he took over they narrowly escaped relegation and bankruptcy. They finished in 13th place the season before he took over, 3 years later they won the league. But he had the impossible task each summer to try and keep his team together, and after this season that would be an even more futile task. I can see all their best players leaving, squad will need a complete overhaul, back at square one.
Difference with Klopp and other Managers is he's accepted that isn't an excuse and walked rather than forcing the Club to sack him and pay him compo. I admire him for it even if some will label him a coward.
Don't believe they wanted to sack him though, he has too much credit there, deservedly so. But he'd basically have to start over and rebuild like he did when he first came, I can fully understand him not feeling upto that. Must be dissapointed he couldn't leave the club in a better state.
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