DFB sporting director Hans-Dieter Flick has defended the controversial waiver scorer Davie Selke just before the U20 World Championship in New Zealand (May 24-June 22). “We do not hate on players and want to basically always the best. But there is no release obligation on the part of FIFA, so you have to always decide in individual cases,” said the 50-year-old the “Bild” newspaper. The WM-waiver of 20-year-old from Bundesliga side Werder Bremen had caused a stir because his future club RB Leipzig this had been agreed with the German Football Association (DFB). Flick does not see this approach as a problem.
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Hans-Dieter Flick: “The arguments I understand”
“You have to see the personal situation of Davie at all sporting ambition and take into account,” said Flick: “He changed the club to the second division begins a lot earlier than the Bundesliga, Leipzig wants to integrate it from the beginning, these arguments. I understand, especially since the World Cup takes place in New Zealand and not around the corner. ”
According to Flick but the case Selke should not become the rule. “I have no doubts that in the future clubs their players do not want to leave”, commented the sports director: “The communication between clubs and us is very open.”
Selke was a member of the German U19 European Championship team Last year, and even become the tournament’s top scorer. For eight million euro transfer fee, the attacker will change for the new season to Leipzig.
At the World Cup, the DFB junior meets in Fiji (1 June), Uzbekistan (June 4) and Honduras (June 7) , Topping the squads of the Bundesliga players Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), Levin Öztunalı (Werder Bremen) and Marc Stendera (Eintracht Frankfurt).
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