BVB: When Mario Götze brought his coach Jürgen Klopp to the palm tree

Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, typically known as Borussia Dortmund [boˈʁʊsi̯aː ˈdɔɐ̯tmʊnt], BVB, or simply Dortmund, is a German expert sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best understood for its guys's expert football group, which plays in the Bundesliga, the leading rate of the German football organization system. The club have actually won 8 league championships, five DFB-Pokals, one UEFA Champions League, one Intercontinental Cup, and also one UEFA Mug Victors' Mug. Founded in 1909 by eighteen football players from Dortmund, the football team is component of a big membership-based sporting activities club with greater than 145,000 participants, making Borussia Dortmund the 2nd largest sports club by subscription in Germany. The club has energetic divisions in other sports, specifically in women's handball. Because 1974, Dortmund have actually played their home games at Westfalenstadion; the arena is the largest in Germany, as well as Dortmund has the highest average presence of any type of organization football club in the world.Borussia Dortmund's colours are black and also yellow, offering the club its nickname pass away Schwarzgelben. They hold an enduring competition with Ruhr neighbours Schalke 04, with whom they contest the Revierderby. They also dispute Der Klassiker with Bayern Munich. In regards to Deloitte's yearly Football Money League, Dortmund remained in 2015 placed as the 2nd wealthiest sports club in Germany, as well as the 12th richest football team on the planet. Moreover, under the directorship of Michael Zorc in the 2010s, Dortmund have cultivated a track record for detecting and also developing young skill, and have remained concentrated on creating a young people system. They have additionally gotten kudos for normally adhering to an attacking footballing approach.

Mario Götze has revealed that his change in 2013 from Borussia Dortmund to FC Bayern, especially at the former BVB coach Jürgen Klopp came on incomprehension.

Maybe Klopp understood me a bit, he knew me, but he was very angry in this situation that I had made this decision, said Götze in the podcast The Home of Football.

Managing Director Hans-Joachim Watzke and sports director Michael Zorc had been not happy about it.

I did not expect that my change was so excited. It was very funny for me to experience these comments and feelings, says the 29-year-old.

Götze developed in Dortmund under Klopp to the top player, which is why he is very positive about the club and today's Liverpool coach very positively.

Götze enthuses Klopp and Dortmund

It had a big impact on my career, on my life because we stayed there for a long time, said the World Champion of 2014 about Dortmund: This club has given me almost everything. I was very young when I started to play for Borussia Dortmund. When I was 17, Jürgen Klopp has invoked me to the first team. I was very happy that Klopp was coach at this time. It had a great influence on me to play in this great stadium.

Klopp helped him a lot, ultimately made him the football professional and integrated into the team. He means a lot for me and still means a lot to me, Götze explained.

And on, Klopp helped me to stay humble and always with me, even though we celebrated great successes. And he made me better in the square and away from it. He knows how to deal with younger and older players.

Götze: Klopp can be really hard

However, Klopp sometimes too uncomfortable, the offensive player explained: He is very strict, both on the square and offside it. He always pays attention to the fact that the players behave correctly. If I was too late or defensively not my tasks He has made me a regular way. Sometimes he can be really hard.

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Götze remained three years in Munich after his change, before returning BVB for four years in 2016. He plays in the Netherlands for PSV Eindhoven.