The worst thing is done by Dortmund where they always sell their star players, such as releasing Bellingham to Real Madrid. That's why their performance will not always appear at its best in every season. In fact, I think they will not be able to compete at the top this season because other teams are stronger than them, such as Leverkusen and Leipzig. So, this season we have seen Dortmund having difficulty balancing their game because in the previous two matches they failed to get full points. Maybe Bellingham departure will have a big impact on their performance this season. Well, if we talk about the UCL, Dortmund certainly have quite tough opponents in the group phase and I'm sure big obstacles will make it difficult for them to provide competition to qualify for the next round.
Dortmund needs to do that caused by it's not financially good like bayern. The team needs to use it as a business to keep the club running without getting financial problem since DFL was not allowing the abroad investors to invest their money in bundesliga.
Let's see what's gonna happen with during the competition. Even though Dortmund sold many players to another club, they still managed to get to second place, which is better than Leipzig or Leverkusen.
We shall not judge dortmund's performance easily. I would not be denying if some players like haller needs more time to play in the club.
Dortmund will able to find its rythm again with the running of season.
I think that this time Dortmundo is worse than in past seasons, see that even in past seasons they weren't playing for the title, they were lucky that last season they were very close to winning the bundesliga, all they needed to do was win the mainz, I I even bet on Dortmundo in that last league game against Mainz, I was very convinced that Dortmundo wouldn't lose, but I confess that what I saw in that game was horrible, Dortmundo wasn't playing motivated even though they knew that winning the Bundesliga was at stake. it seemed that in that game they just weren't interested in winning the bundesliga
Now I ask: if they just needed a victory to win the Bundesliga and didn't show any interest, then does anyone here believe that they made an effort this season and why would they make an effort this season? they have no goal of achieving anything. let's look:
Dortmundo, in 3 games only scored 4 goals, while their direct opponents such as: Bayern, Leverkusen, Leipzig, Union Berlin, all 4 teams I mentioned have 8 goals or more scored, this shows that Dortmundo's attacking power is very weak, although they have not lost in any of the 3 games they have played this season, I fear that when they play against medium and strong teams then they will lose in those games. for example, in the next game of dortmundo will be against freiburg, but in this game, probably, dortmundo will be forced to spare players because 4 days later they will have a game of the european champions league and it will be the game against PSG, dortmundo is more Interested in the money and moving on to another stage of the European Champions League is more important than the Bundesliga game against Freiburg. that's why I see dortmundo losing against freiburg