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• The economics dictated otherwise: both with Bayern’s recruitment strategy focusing on weakening their rivals and in the wider European environment where Dortmund’s colossal attendances did not render them one of the super-rich Football
  
  But a club whose capacity is barely half theirs have committed some £600 million in fees in the last year alone Football
  
  Mats Hummels was the busiest unused substitute in the technical areas, part assistant manager, part wannabe fourth official Football
  
  The second came from a German but when Kai Havertz’s price became stratospheric in 2020, there was never a prospect his buyers would be Dortmund Football
  
  Some 20 months later, Jurgen Klopp was bottom of the Bundesliga; he would gegenpress his way to continental glory but not in black and yellow Football
  
  “They brought in some quality players Football
  
  Niklas Sule and Nico Schlotterbeck were stationed further upfield, their height deployed as auxiliary centre-backs in a desperate quest for a comeback Football
  
  ” Which, of course, is easier to do with a big budget Football
  
  Instead, Marco Reus and Emre Can were Football
  
  Borussia Dortmund brought three Germany international centre-backs to Stamford Bridge and, by the end, none of them were playing centre-back Football
  
  Hummels has at least played in bigger Champions League games in London Football
  
  Chelsea signed Raheem Sterling in the summer Dortmund sold Erling Haaland; had the Norwegian not joined Manchester City, perhaps Sterling would not have been allowed to leave, and he scored the first goal Football
  
  The 10th anniversary of that 2013 final defeat to Bayern falls in May and that, as far as the 21st century Dortmund go, is likely to remain as good as it gets for quite some time Football
  
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  Manager Edin Terzic adopted an uncomplaining attitude Football
  
  He and Reus are the survivors of the 2013 final, even if the defender later followed the increasingly familiar trail south to join Bayern Munich Football
  
  “It is not that they [just] spent money,” he rationalised Football
  
  Fast forward a decade and perhaps money talked as they went out to Chelsea Football
  
  
  
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  The second came from a German but when Kai Havertz’s price became stratospheric in 2020, there was never a prospect his buyers would be Dortmund Football
  
  Mats Hummels was the busiest unused substitute in the technical areas, part assistant manager, part wannabe fourth official Football
  
  Instead, Marco Reus and Emre Can were Football
  
  ” Which, of course, is easier to do with a big budget Football
  
  The 10th anniversary of that 2013 final defeat to Bayern falls in May and that, as far as the 21st century Dortmund go, is likely to remain as good as it gets for quite some time Football
  
  “It is not that they [just] spent money,” he rationalised Football
  
  Fast forward a decade and perhaps money talked as they went out to Chelsea Football
  
  He and Reus are the survivors of the 2013 final, even if the defender later followed the increasingly familiar trail south to join Bayern Munich Football
  
  But a club whose capacity is barely half theirs have committed some £600 million in fees in the last year alone Football
  
  Chelsea signed Raheem Sterling in the summer Dortmund sold Erling Haaland; had the Norwegian not joined Manchester City, perhaps Sterling would not have been allowed to leave, and he scored the first goal Football
  
  Hummels has at least played in bigger Champions League games in London Football
  
  Niklas Sule and Nico Schlotterbeck were stationed further upfield, their height deployed as auxiliary centre-backs in a desperate quest for a comeback Football
  
  Some 20 months later, Jurgen Klopp was bottom of the Bundesliga; he would gegenpress his way to continental glory but not in black and yellow Football
  
  “They brought in some quality players Football
  
  Borussia Dortmund brought three Germany international centre-backs to Stamford Bridge and, by the end, none of them were playing centre-back Football
  
  Manager Edin Terzic adopted an uncomplaining attitude Football
  
  The economics dictated otherwise: both with Bayern’s recruitment strategy focusing on weakening their rivals and in the wider European environment where Dortmund’s colossal attendances did not render them one of the super-rich Football