'Manchester United broke my heart': Jurgen Klopp slams how Shinji Kagawa is being used at Old Trafford
'Manchester United broke my heart': Jurgen Klopp slams how Shinji Kagawa is being used at Old Trafford
'He is one of the best players in the world and he now plays 20 minutes on the left wing' says Borussia Dortmund coach
'You don't know what you're doing...'
Joern Pollex
Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp has publicly criticised
Manchester United for the way they have used former player Shinji Kagawa
this season.
The Japan international completed a £17million move
from the Bundesliga club last summer but has been played out of position
on the wing and been restricted to only 20 appearances in his debut
campaign with the Red Devils.
Klopp
is angered at the treatment of his former playmaker and insists that
Kagawa deserves a central role in the team to make best use of his
talent.
Speaking to the Guardian, Klopp said: “Shinji
Kagawa is one of the best players in the world and he now plays 20
minutes at Manchester United, on the left wing.
"My heart breaks. Really,
I have tears in my eyes. Central midfield is Shinji’s best role.”
“He’s
an offensive midfielder with one of the best noses for goal I ever saw.
But for most Japanese people it means more to play for Man United than
Dortmund.” Eastern promise: Kagawa has still finished the season with a Premier League medal
“We cried for 20 minutes in each others’ arms when he left.
One year before that Nuri Sahin went because Real Madrid is the biggest
club in the world. If players are patient enough, we can develop the
team into one of the biggest in the world.”
Meanwhile, Klopp is preparing his team to face Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich in the Champions League final on Saturday.
There are doubts whether star midfielder Mario Goetze - who has signed a pre-contract agreement to join Bayern at the end of the season - will win his race for fitness.
The
German youngster was due to return to training today after sustaining a
hamstring injury against Real Madrid in the semi-finals, but has not
fully recovered.
The dpa news agency reports that Dortmund is nevertheless confident the 20-year-old will be able to line up against his future club at Wembley.
See how Kagawa performed at Dortmund in a central role...
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