In the last ten days, the talk of the town of Dortmund was Jadon Sancho. The Manchester United winger came back to the club where he made his name after a big-money move to Old Trafford, from which he ran away this January after a feud with coach Erik ten Hag. So far, so good. He played in one game and assisted for the goal in a final 3-0 win over Darmstadt. But for the coaches and executives, there is another player whom they are monitoring more than Sancho, and with more caution – Niklas Sule.Niklas Süle does not publicly defend himself, having withdrawn from social networks. After the matches, he is hardly available for journalists. Süle is aware that there is more potential in his body. He has taken his coach’s constructive appeal seriously and is determined to… pic.twitter.com/rwrLZwv4E4— ari (@aritrabvb1909) January 17, 2024 The German international was a big-name signing from rivals Bayern Munich two seasons ago but come January 2024, his career is in a serious downfall. The big defender has not given all he has to his new club and has issues he also showed in Munich – weight. Even while playing for the Bavarians, his weight issues appeared from time to time under coach Julian Nagelsmann and now reemerged in Dortmund. Coach Edin Terzić is not happy about it, and it became so visible that even the sporting director Sebastian Kehl, had to admit it publicly.”Edin wasn’t 100 percent satisfied, not even in the training camp. We had hoped for more in the last few months. Niklas can do more. He has to step on the gas now – and I expect that from him in the next few months” he said last week.Marco Reus might leave Borussia and sign for BorussiaNobody is sure why the defender is making things harder for himself, considering that EURO 2024 is approaching and national coach Nagelsmann already omitted Sule for some friendly games. Things are currently so bad that last week, when Hummels was injured, Sule still didn’t play since Terzić opted to move Emre Can from midfield to defence rather than give him a chance. Not a good sign at all. Sule came in, but in a meaningless moment, in the 88th minute.”It’s logical that he wasn’t happy with it. It’s about showing the right reaction. He did that, he performed well in training” said Terzić before the Cologne match. It remains to be seen if he was so good in training that he will be in the starting line-up. So far, there have been no talks of Sule leaving in January, partly because Borussia is ‘thin’ at the centre-back position, while on his part, Niklas is earning 11 million in Dortmund. No need to move anywhere.BUNDESLIGASaturday17.30: (3.90) Darmstadt (3.50) Eintr.Frankfurt (1.95)17.30: (2.10) Freiburg (3.60) Hoffenheim (3.70)17.30: (2.85) Heidenheim (3.50) Wolfsburg (2.60)17.30: (3.70) Bochum (3.50) Stuttgart (2.00)17.30: (4.70) Koln (3.70) Dortmund (1.75)20.30: (2.55) RB Leipzig (3.60) Leverkusen (2.85)Sunday17.30: (1.10) Bayern (11.0) Werder (18.0)19.30: (1.92) Monchengladbach (3.60) Augsburg (3.90)***odds are subject to change
