What is Borussia Dortmund’s ideal XI for this season?

By Tushar Bahl | Jul 16, 2019

DORTMUND, GERMANY - AUGUST 03: Jadon Malik Sancho of Borussia Dortmund, Nico Schulz of Borussia Dortmund, Marco Reus of Borussia Dortmund, Julian Weigl of Borussia Dortmund, Axel Witsel of Borussia Dortmund, Paco Alcacer of Borussia Dortmund and Raphael Guerreiro of Borussia Dortmund celebrate during the DFL Supercup 2019 match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Muenchen at Signal Iduna Park on August 3, 2019 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images) /

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SOUTH BEND, IN – JULY 19: Julian Brandt of Borussia Dortmund turns away from James Milner of Liverpool during the pre-season friendly match between Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool FC at Notre Dame Stadium on July 19, 2019 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Matthew Ashton – AMA/Getty Images) /

Attacking Midfield: Julian Brandt

Julian Brandt was the signing fans were dreaming of but never expected to become a reality. But Borussia Dortmund pulled it off, and quite remarkably, just for 25 million euros.

One of Germany’s brightest stars, Brandt has the potential to make an immediate and telling impact for Dortmund. Blessed with great pace, physicality, dribbling and technical ability he can play anywhere across the Dortmund attack.

His most likely positions will be in the attacking midfield or out wide. However he proved last year, with Peter Bosz in Leverkusen, that he is even able to play a deeper central midfield position, as a number eight.

Brandt slides right into our ideal Dortmund starting XI, next to Marco Reus as a key cog in the Dortmund attack. His style of play is perfectly suited for Dortmund, fans cannot wait to see what Brandt is able to do in his new colors.

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