So we simply push our most important lead player and the personification of Klopp´s football out of the door, because United throws money in our direction? Do you know anything about Borussia Dortmund at all?
Klopp also never admitted that we are a selling club, just that we lost key players in recent years. There is a difference in my book. A selling club is a club like Porto, which depends on transfer income to keep the club from writing red figures. This is not the case with us. We are actually spending money right now to strengthen the squad.
In three of the four cases of departing key players, Dortmund never intended to sell for money. Sahin and Götze left by triggering their release clauses and Lewandowski fullfilled his contract. That leaves Kagawa as the only concious decision by the club of letting someone leave. Kagawa clearly wanted to fullfill his wish of playing for United and his contract situation made the Summer of 2012 the last window, when we could have gotten decent money for him.
In all cases it was the player who voiced his wish to leave. The club would have kept everyone of them if they had the choice. Two of them have even returned by now after realising that the grass is not always greener on the other side. That makes the idea of us forcing a player as loyal and important as Hummels out for money so hilarious. We don´t need the money and are right now trying to keep them together as long as possible by getting rid of the last remaining release clause in the squad.
Hummels was never for sell given his contract situation and importance. I don´t know if United made an offer or asked if he was available. It wouldn´t have mattered either way. If Hummels leaves in the future, then it will be because he wants to and not because the club wants to cash in.
come on people, i'm not saying They are equals just that they share the same qualities and same weaknesses.