Talking to Sport Bild (through @bvbnewsblog), Borussia Dortmund head coach Nuri Șahin has commented on striker Serhou Guirassy and why they signed him in the summertime.

The 28-year-old joined from Stuttgart in the summertime for €18m however missed the opening video games of the season because of damage. Nonetheless, as soon as he was match sufficient to play he hit the bottom working with six objectives in six video games. On Guirassy, Șahin mentioned: 

“He has an analogous profile to Robert Lewandowski and Harry Kane. They don’t seem to be solely outlined by their objectives, but additionally change the statics of the sport. They know when to drop, easy methods to create hyperlinks on the pitch.”

In the summertime, Dortmund had three senior strikers with Niclas Füllkrug, Sebastien Haller and Youssoufa Moukoko all on the membership, nevertheless after the arrival of Guirassy, all three ended up leaving. On Dortmund’s summer time pursuit of Guirassy, Șahin then mentioned:

“We actually wished to get him, that was already clear once I was nonetheless assistant coach. It was clear to me that if we have been to usher in a brand new striker, it needed to be Serhou.”

Guirassy was a revelation final season at Stuttgart. The Guienaen was one of many key gamers in them ending second within the Bundesliga final season. Guirassy scored 30 objectives in 30 video games for VfB and fashioned a lethal partnership with Deniz Undav up prime, nevertheless, regardless of the membership qualifying for the Champions League, Guirassy left and was changed by Ermedin Demirovic. 

GGFN | Jack Meenan