Borussia Dortmund Story

With the sudden departure of manager Jurgen Klopp, Dortmund chairman Reinhard Rauball appoints an unknown manager going by the name of Silas Harrison. In a press conference manager Silas Harrison was asked "Managing Borussia Dortmund must be your dream job considering they won the Bundesliga last season", Harrison replied with "Yes managing Dortmund is my dream job, they have some good players and brilliant fans". Harrison is thought to be playing a 4-1-2-1-2 formation and is likely to bring in some new faces to strengthen the squad even more.

Manager Silas Harrison agreed this morning personal terms with the very experienced center back William Gallas on a free transfer. he has become Harrison's first signing.

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He is only on 13.25 thousand pound a week and is on a 1 year deal.

A few hours after completing the signing Harrison went to a press conference about his newest signing he was asked by a reporter "Do you think Gallas's age will have a major effect on his performances", Harrison replied with "I think William is a quality player and his age will NOT effect his performances weather it is against Bayern Munchen or Union Berlin". It is thought that Harrison will make more signings in the coming few days.

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Harrison's second signing was French goalkeeper Steve Mandanda for 11.25 million which is his release clause. He is thought to be the first choice goalkeeper ahead of Roman Weidenfeller and Mitchell Langerak.

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In a press conference about Harrison's new signing a reporter asked Harrison "What was the need to buy another goalkeeper when you already have two quality keepers (Weidenfeller and Langerak)", Harrison replied with "Weidenfeller is getting quite old now and Langerak does not have the quality to perform in the big games". It is thought that Harrison has other signings in the pipeline and may look to improve the left back position.

Harrison's third signing came early this morning in the name of Alexander Buttner from Manchester United for a fee of 3.4 million. He is thought to have had some issues when undergoing his medical, according to the Dortmund medical staff he had an issue with his left eye. It is widely reported that he is on 56 thousand pound a week.

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After the signing has been completed Harrison went to a press conference about his new signing he asked by a reporter "How much research went into the the signing of Buttner", Harrison replied with "Quite a lot of research went into making this signing, we looked at possible left backs and the we narrowed it down to Alex Buttner and Jérémy Mathieu. The first bid we made was for Mathieu which was 4.2 million they were straight back rejecting our bid, then we had to go for Buttner luckily our bid of 3.4 million was accepted and look where we are now, we have the player".

I have had a pretty promising pre-season. This how it has gone:

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I am quite pleased with how the team have developed to the tactic I am using (which will be below) just to let people know I started on the 18th July 2013 so I did not take part in the Dynamo Kiev and the Lotte games.

This is the tactic I will be using for the coming season, it is also likely to be this team selection for the coming season:

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The first competitive game of the season was against Sandhausen in the DFB-Pokal 1st round which we won 4-0 in a game we really dominated.

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I wasn't going to start Julian Schieber but a last minute fitness worry with Aubameyang meant he started, he re-payed me giving him a chance by scoring a hatrick. The other goalscorer was Oliver Kirch who was only playing because Sven Bender was injured, if Sven was okay Kirch would only be on the bench.

Harrison's forth signing has come in the name of Marc Stendera, he is a promising 16 year old who can play in attacking center midfield (natural position), center midfield and attacking right midfield. He was signed from Frankfurt for 2.3 million, he has a potential ability of 4 and a half stars and has the potential of being one of our best players.

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A few hours after the signing was completed Harrison was invited to a press conference about his new signing which he reject simply because he did not have the time to attend.

Harrison's first Bundesliga game was against Braunschweig in a game that Dortmund won 2-0. Dortmund really controlled the game with 61% possession and limiting Braunschweig to 2 shots, with only one of them on target!

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In a press conference after the match a reporter asked Silas "Do you believe Dortmund can win the title this season", Silas was quick to respond with "We hope so, there are so many good teams in the Bundesliga so it is hard to tell yet, all we can do is play our best".

These are the players Harrison has had depart so far this season:



Christian Knappmann - Released
Kevin Grobkreutz - Manchester City - 10 Million
Mitchell Lanerak - Anzhi Makhachkala - Season-Long Loan
Koray Gunter - RB Leipzig - Season-Long Loan
Jakub Blaszczykowski - Chelsea - 20 Million

The only reason I sold Grobkreutz and Blaszczykowski was because the formation I play does not involve wingers, the reason I did not sell Reus was because he can play attacking center midfield which is where I will play him!

We have just had the draw for the Champions League group stage, I have to say our group isn't the hardest but it is not the easiest.

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Arsenal will probably be the hardest team to face, I think we are likely to get wins against Zenit and FC Kobenhavn.

Second League game under my management:

Freiburg 1 - 4 Dortmund

Hohn 88 - Aubameyang 2, 21, Bender 71, Mkhitaryan 90+2

Fernandes 55, Santini 71, Guédé 74

Aubameyang

The latest has resulted in a 3-2 win for Dortmund against Werder Bremen.

Dortmund 3 - 2 Werder Bremen

Lewandowski 60, 87, Schmelzer 90+4 - Fullkrug 39, Schmitz 49

Ignjovski 60

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This is a game that was pretty even, both teams had exactly half of the possession. The only real difference was that we had 24 shots, 9 of which were on target, Bremen only had 5 shots 3 of them were on target.

In a press conference after the match a reporter asked Harrison "Were you worried when you went 2 goal down within 50 minutes", Harrison replied with "I was slightly worried, it would of been better to go 2 goals down in the first half because then we have the whole second half to come back. But I had faith in my team and we got the 3 goals to win the game".

Dortmund have just recently got their Champions League campaign underway with a shocking 2-0 loss against Zenit.

Zenit 2 - 0 Dortmund

Bukharov 64, 87

Gundogan 42, Bender 61

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Soon after the game Harrison was quickly into a press conference criticizing the referees, he said "The referees in today's game were awful, everyone could see that the second goal was a couple of yards offside, but yet the referees did not spot it".

Harrison's boys got back to winning ways this afternoon with a 2-0 win against Hannover.

Hannover 0 - 2 Dortmund

Lewandowski 51, Reus 78

Schulz - Gundogan, Aubameyang

Andreasen 41

Gundogan

After the match Harrison was invited to a press conference which he attended. He was asked there "Did the sending off make it easier for you to win", Harrison replied with "I did a little, but you always have to play your best".