BVB searching for its identity on several fronts | OneFootball

Only a few hours are left until the Bundesliga season starts for Borussia Dortmund. A season for which BVB is now apparently still striving for some transfers, after being inactive in this regard for a long time, with the exception of Jobe Bellingham. Whether with further new additions or not: The club is said to be searching for its identity anyway, according to ZDF.

Many question marks are currently hovering over BVB, says Patrick Brandenburg: The transfer backlog, which is perhaps now resolving, the injury bad luck, and an unusually short preparation period. All of this makes it difficult to assess the condition of coach Niko Kovac's team.

There is no sense of departure to be seen anywhere, and it doesn't have a real chance of emerging either. With Bellingham, there is only one new signing, albeit one equipped with a lot of potential. The current squad is expensive and even "on a knife's edge". Most fans will likely look at the game against FC St. Pauli with skepticism, because the season opener against Rot-Weiss Essen showed that old weaknesses have not been eliminated.

The team presented itself as vulnerable in defense there, uncreative in the game going forward, and had to rely on a flash of inspiration from Serhou Guirassy to advance to the next round.

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BVB is looking for answers to what makes it tick

Now, actually, with Niko Kovac likely facing a full season and having been allowed to complete a short preparation, a coach's handwriting is expected. Along with this, a new identity of BVB is supposed to develop. The fact that Kovac relies on compact teams could already become a problem now, as many players are out, especially the regular central defense. The efforts to bring in further additions, which have now started, could alleviate this situation, but their quality remains to be seen.

The looming battle for the presidency of Borussia Dortmund has also been alleviated. Challenger Luno threw in the towel, and Watzke can now become the new president without an opponent. However, the image damage caused by several dirty tricks in the previous election campaign cannot be denied. Here, too, the question of the identity that the club wants to live with remains. Lunow was close to the fan base, Watzke is not.

So the players could present a partial answer to the question of identity on the pitch at FC St. Pauli today, and yet further questions would remain open. A club searching for its identity is what BVB is in the coming weeks, according to ZDF.

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