Julian Weigl Scout Report At Borussia Dortmund 2019/2020

In the summer of 2015, Borussia Dortmund paid 1860 Munich £2.25 million for Julian Weigl, a 19-year-old central midfielder.

The German had played since 2010 for the youth teams of the local rival, Bayern Munich.

Weigl developed greatly at Dortmund even though he had to fight with several injuries.

At the age of 23, he has a market value of £22.5 million.

He already played five times for the German national team, even though he has some incredible opponents for the position in the central midfield, including Toni Kroos, Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, and İlkay Gündoğan.

He also holds the record for the player with the most contact with the ball during a Bundesliga match.

Weigl touched the ball 214 times in the game against Cologne in 2016.

This tactical analysis in the form of a scout report will look at his offensive and defensive abilities.

Julian Weigl last season

The young German usually plays either as a defensive midfielder or central midfielder, but last season, he mainly played as a centre-back since Dortmund had a lack of centre-backs due to injuries.

In 13 of his 18 appearances in the Bundesliga last season, he was part of the central defence in Favres 4-2-3-1.

This gets visible when we look at Weigl’s heatmap for these 18 games during the last season in Germany’s first division.

However, even though you had the feeling that he didnt always feel comfortable in this position, he still performed well last season.

Besides, he developed his defensive abilities during the last campaign, which can also be seen when we compare his season stats from 2017/18, in which he played 24 times as a defensive midfielder, with this season’s stats so far.

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