{"id":104105,"date":"2025-10-06T09:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T09:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getfootballnewsgermany.com\/?p=104105"},"modified":"2025-10-06T09:13:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T09:13:02","slug":"controversy-and-disputes-sven-mislintat-discusses-his-second-spell-at-borussia-dortmund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getfootballnewsgermany.com\/2025\/controversy-and-disputes-sven-mislintat-discusses-his-second-spell-at-borussia-dortmund\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversy and disputes: Sven Mislintat discusses his second spell at Borussia Dortmund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sven Mislintat was once dubbed the \u2018diamond eye\u2019 at Borussia Dortmund<\/a> for his ability to unearth talents. During his first spell at the club where he was a scout before being promoted to the director of football, a position he held until November 2017, Mislintat was responsible for bringing players such as Shinji Kagawa, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 to the Ruhr club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A move to Arsenal beckoned before spells at Stuttgart and Ajax preceded a return to Dortmund in May 2024. But Mislintat\u2019s return to his boyhood club didn\u2019t go as planned with Sportschau <\/strong>claiming that Mislintat\u2019s career \u2018has been marked by conflicts\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Borussia Dortmund’s Power Struggle<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

During his second spell at the club, Mislintat and Sebastian Kehl were at the centre of a power struggle<\/a>, resulting in the pair not getting on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Kicker<\/a><\/strong>, the 52-year-old was asked whether or not it was a mistake to sign with Dortmund for a second time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI was born in Dortmund. BVB was, is, and will remain my club. I owe BVB an incredible amount, especially for the trust Michael Zorc and J\u00fcrgen Klopp placed in me. When I was offered the opportunity to return to Dortmund and sign a long-term contract after my time at Ajax, I considered it an honour and gladly accepted. I was convinced that I would be able to contribute positively to the club after all the experiences I had gained, both positive and negative, at home and abroad since my move in 2017. I was looking forward to working with Matthias Sammer, who also had confidence in me from a very early stage and with Edin Terzic, whom I greatly respect both professionally and personally. I also saw many old faces and friends from my first eleven years at BVB.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mislintat was questioned by Kicker <\/strong>journalists Matthias Dersch and Thomas Hennecke about Sportschau’s choice of wording, which suggests that the public’s impression of the former BVB employee is one that asks for trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I agree with you, that’s how it reads. And I admit that I would prefer other headlines. But I can’t change it. What I can say, however, is: talk to the people I’ve worked with over the last 20 years and who know me well. The direct feedback from the fans is also different. A small example: shortly after I was released from BVB, the home game against Stuttgart was scheduled. I had long in advance bought tickets for friends of ours from Stuttgart, who then stayed overnight with us. I didn’t go the stadium myself, but I drove them there and then stayed in the city, watching the game in a cafe. Not a single fan, whether Stuttgart or Dortmund, insulted me or even gave me a strange look.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

GGFN | Daniel Pinder<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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