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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Link doesn't work

oh damn. 2nd time espn does this shit.

google turns up this: http://www.espnfc.us/club/borussia-d...ussia-dortmund

which just went there.

or, put up w/ my copypasta, which follows

BY STEPHAN UERSFELD
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Five reasons Jurgen Klopp is leaving Borussia Dortmund

Jurgen Klopp has announced his decision to leave Borussia Dortmund. What from an outside perspective looked like a relationship for life began to turn into a dead end when Mario Gotze left for Bayern Munich in 2013. Untested on that level, BVB were not able to come up with the right answers to the challenges that they suddenly faced. In uncharted territory, Klopp's demise began. It all ended on Wednesday in a highly emotional news conference on the first real day of spring in Dortmund.

Here are five of the key reasons Klopp is leaving Dortmund:

1. Gotze departure/Mkhitaryan transfer

In April 2013, Borussia Dortmund were in control of their fate. Or so it seemed. Exactly one year prior, Mario Gotze penned a new deal, valid until the summer of 2016. The contract included a release clause, and while BVB might have braced for a potential departure, they likely believed it would happen in 2014. They were wrong.

Having coped with the losses of Nuri Sahin and Shinji Kagawa the two previous seasons, BVB were unable to replace the Bavarian youngster, who came through the ranks of the club's youth academy before leaving for Bayern Munich in 2013. When announcing his departure on Wednesday, Klopp admitted that he made the decision in order to spare Dortmund any kind of pressure to have to make a quick decision on a new manager -- the same type of last-minute decision-making Klopp was forced to do when players made unexpected departures.

Borussia Dortmund were forced into the transfer market unprepared, and signed Armenia international Henrikh Mkhitaryan for a club-record transfer fee of some €27 million. Despite a decent first campaign, it soon became obvious that the Armenian was not a replacement for Gotze, who was able to make quick decisions and see spaces open for his teammates where there had not been any spaces. After two years it's evident that Mkhitaryan is a good footballer but does not have the vision possessed by Gotze.

2. Lewandowski departure/Bad scouting

Gotze's transfer also meant that Borussia Dortmund dragged the Robert Lewandowski saga into a new season. The club vowed to not sell him to Bayern Munich, and counted up the numbers, claiming that he'd be more valuable for Dortmund than a transfer fee in 2013. He was. The Poland international played on like nothing happened, became the league's top scorer, but was more than just that for BVB. He was the go-to-guy in Dortmund's attack, and made room for players like Marco Reus to shine.

Yet, despite having over a year to scout Lewandowski's successor, Dortmund came up with a two-player solution. They bought Ciro Immobile and Adrian Ramos. And both failed to have an impact for Dortmund, with BVB's footballing qualities diminishing with the Italian striker on the pitch. Both could be part of a major squad overhaul in the summer, depending on the new coach.

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