Missed chance: son of Bayern legend regrets failed BVB move | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund once had the chance to sign the son of a Bayern legend. Years later, Lucas Scholl openly regrets having turned down BVB’s offer.

The name Scholl stands for great football history in Munich. But while father Mehmet Scholl became a club icon at FC Bayern Munich, his son’s career took a very different path. Today, Lucas Scholl looks back with mixed feelings on a decision that might have fundamentally changed his career: turning down Borussia Dortmund.

As a youngster, Lucas Scholl was considered a great talent in Bayern’s youth academy. He went through all the youth teams of the record champions and made it to the second team. At times, he even trained regularly with the pros under star coach Pep Guardiola. On paper, Scholl was even able to call himself German champion in the 2014/15 season – but he was denied any competitive appearances.

It was precisely during this period that he received an offer from Borussia Dortmund. A move to the great rival from the Ruhr area was on the table, but Scholl decided against it. The dream of a big career at FC Bayern was stronger. Years later, he openly regrets this step. “Back then, I had an offer from Dortmund, I should have accepted it,” Scholl said on the Youtube show Einfach Fussball.

No place for Lucas Scholl among Bayern’s first team

The breakthrough in Munich never came. Looking back, Scholl himself described the enormous competition in Bayern’s squad at the time: “All 22 players were top, every position was filled with two or three top players.” On top of that, physical disadvantages made it hard for him to assert himself at the highest level.

In 2017, the chapter at FC Bayern finally ended. Instead of the Bundesliga, he moved to lower league clubs: first Wacker Nordhausen, later VfR Garching and SV Horn. Since 2022, the midfielder has been under contract with FC Wacker Innsbruck in the third Austrian league.

As his playing career nears its end, Lucas Scholl has long since embarked on a new path. Alongside his playing career, he is already working as a youth coach at FC Bayern – with the goal of establishing himself as a coach in professional football in the long term. The missed opportunity at BVB remains a chapter that still accompanies him to this day.

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