Welcome to the Dortmund London Fan Club community podcast, join us for a fan led journey to the heart of the ‘die Südtribüne‘, BVB‘s Yellow Wall, the South Terrace of 26,000 fans behind the goal, one of the world‘s biggest single stands and greatest football fan experiences. On each of the shows, we meet guests from BVB past and present, coaches, players, writers and fans, our aim is to bring the world of Borussia Dortmund to English-speaking audiences with insight, commitment and ’Echte Liebe’. Amongst our guests so far we have had TV Presenter Rapha Honigstein, former coach Bert van Marwijk, former players like Philipp Degen, Knut Reinhardt, Niclas Jensen, Bernd Klotz, Andre Bergdolmo, Sunday Oliseh, Christoph Zimmerman, Steffen Karl and Mayor of Dortmund Ulli Sierrau as well as England legend Tony Woodcock and Celtic supporters clubs president Joe O’Rourke. Please note we are not the official podcast of Borussia Dortmund, we are a podcast run by fans of the club and are not affiliated in any way to the football club in Dortmund. The official Borussia Dortmund podcast can be found at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/borussia-dortmund-podcast/id1503379263 If you would like more information on joining our 100% unofficial fan club of BVB in London, go to: Facebook.com/Borussiadortmundfanclubengland Thank you for checking out our show, please subscribe and share with your friends.
Episodes
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life.
People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well.
The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English.
Our guests are Colin Farmery who is a journalist (WSC When Saturday Comes, The Guardian) and football writer author of books including Seventeen Miles to Paradise and Legend: The Alan Knight story who is also a director of Gosport Borough FC (7th tier England) and a former director of Portsmouth FC from 2013-19.
Dennis Gentenaar is the goalkeeping coach of Israeli champions Maccabi Tel Aviv, formerly a goalkeeper who played 270 matches at elite level with Ajax, NEC and VV Venlo in the Dutch Eredivisie.
Gentenaar was reserve keeper to Roman Weidenfeller at BVB in 2005/06 under Bert van Marwijk in a season when 'Die Schwarz-Gelben' finished seventh players at that time included Metzelder, Rosicky, Dede and Sahin.
The topic of the show today is the proposed break-away European football league the European Super League which brings together 15 top European clubs including the two big clubs from Manchester, Milan and Madrid clubs plus Juventus, Tottenham, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea.
These clubs will under the proposed model play in an annual fixed pool of clubs plus a meagre 5 clubs who qualify playing a seasonal tournament with no relegation nor promotion.
The 'ESL' is a major challenge to the UEFA Champions League and Europaleague and could be highly damaging to the national leagues across Europe and is highly controversial amongst supporters.
Borussia Dortmund have issued a statement saying that they will not take part as have Bayern Munich and no other Bundesliga clubs have been invited but what will happen next? Will the ESL succeed? Will German clubs be drawn into the 'big business league'?
1. European Super League what is it about? Who is behind it?
2. What impact will the ESL have on national leagues, cups and Champions League?
3. Could this benefit top clubs in smaller national leagues like Celtic, Ajax or Anderlecht?
4. How will players and the football industry react to the possibility of bans from playing for their national teams?
5. Is the ESL nothing more than an exhibition league with no incentive for fans to follow it? Or an improvement on the Champions League?
6. Could this proposal bring a benefit to historically big clubs in small leagues like Holland, Scotland and Belgium?
7. What is the business sense for clubs taking part? Will the fixed income from the tournament make managing the business of running clubs more effective off-setting financial risk and giving clubs the chance to plan better?
8. What is the current position of Borussia Dortmund fans and the wider community of supporters across football how should they react to this development?
The European supporters federation, which this fan club belongs to, mentioned in the show is the FSE Football Supporters Europe whose position on the Super League can be found at:
https://www.fanseurope.org/en/news/news-3/2414-fse-condemns-european-super-league-plans.html
Super League update following days of fan protests and legal action by UEFA 12 clubs including all the English Premier League teams have withdrawn and only Juventus, Barcelona and Real Madrid remain of the original 15 clubs. UEFA is promising reform of the Champions League, fans remain highly sceptical to be continued....
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Vielen Dank für Ihre Interesse am BVB Londoner Fan-Community-Podcast. Jede Woche geht es darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemalige Teilnehmer des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans und Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, in unsere Podcast zu entdecken.
Nicht zum ersten Mal steht Roman Bürki in der Kritik wegen unbeständige Leistungen, obwohl der Schweizer ein Publikumsliebling ist, hat er nie die unumstrittene Position von Vorgänger wie Roman Weidenfeller, Teddy DeBeer oder Thomas Klos erreicht.
Großartige Leistungen werden von schwäche-Phasen gefolgt die das Dortmunder Fußfall Publikum nicht gerecht werden und nun mit der Ankunft des neuen Trainers Marco Rose werden die Stimmen im Verein für ein Transfer immer lauter.
Um dieses Thema zu besprechen und im allgemein das Thema des Torwart Lebens bei Borussia Dortmund zu besprechen haben wir heute in der Sendung mit zwei Torhüter gesprochen mit viel Erfahrung: Horst Bertram stand zwischen 1971-1983 beim BvB im Tor. Rolf Meyer war zwischen 1981-91 zweiter Torwart von Borussia Dortmund und ist aktuell Torwarttrainer beim VFL Osnabrück.
Zwei Jahrzehnte und zwei spannende Jahrzehnte im Dortmunder Fußball. Die Themen des heutigen Podcasts:
1. Roman Bürki ein beliebter aber unbeständiger Torwart, welche Stärken, welche Schwächen und welche Zukunft hat der Schweizer in Dortmund? Und wer wäre der optimale Nachfolger?
2. Torhüter wie Kwiatowski, Tilkowski, Immel, DeBeer, Klos, Lehmann, Weidenfeller im Gespräch. Ein Klub, viele Helden aber wer war der beste?
3. Horst Bertram und seine Epoche bei der Borussia, wie er 1971 nach Dortmund kam, ersten Spiele in Stadion Rote Erde.
4. Das neue Stadion Westfalenstadion. Bertram per Anhalter zum Bayern Spiel. UEFA Cup gegen Glasgow Rangers 1982.
5. Rolf Meyer beim BVB, 1981/2 erste Saison in Dortmund mit Horst Bertram und Immel. Highlights von seiner Karriere. Das Leben eines Reservetorwarts der Borussia.
6. Duell gegen Celtic Glasgow im UEFA Cup '87, der Pokal Sieg von 1989 gegen Favoriten Werder Bremen.
7. Das Leben als Torwarttrainer an der 'Bremer Bruecke' beim VFL Osnabrück.
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Während der Saison sind alle BVB Fans herzlich eingeladen BVB Spiele an unserem Stammtisch in der Naughty Bar in der Londoner Cleveland Street in der Nähe der Oxford Street mit uns anzusehen.
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Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life.
People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well.
The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English.
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life.
People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well.
The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English.
It's all change at the Westfalenstadion and with the unrest amongst players and fans alike at the recent string of poor results and only 1 win in the last 6 league games and disappointing draws against both Mainz and Hoffenheim teams which BVB would normally expect 6 points from these home fixtures the head has been on interim coach Edin Terzic.
With key injuries most importantly Axel Witsel in midfield and a defence which has conceded 31 goals already by matchday 21 is looking decidedly critical even accounting for the absence of first-choice keeper Roman Bürki and Dan and centre back Axel Zagadou.
Second choice keeper Marvin Hitz has looked poor under pressure and an impressive Thomas Delaney has not been helped by Emre Can having to play in defence and Mo Dahoud being in such poor form.
The club is also going through financial concerns with debts of €70m and players still on reduced wages there have been no winter signings, only U17 international striker Julian Rijkhoff coming in from Ajax Amsterdam to join the academy.
Still playing behind closed doors Borussia is missing the crucial 12th man and looking the worse for it now 16 points behind Bayern and of more concern, 6 points from 4th placed VFL Wolfsburg.
The agreement with Borussia Mönchengladbach coach for a three-year contract could not have come at a better time but who is Marco Rose and what is at stake this season and for the Leipzig born incumbent coach?
On today's show, our guests are Sascha Staat a German football journalist who works for Ruhrnachrichten Dortmund's main newspaper as well as Eurosport and DAZN TV channels.
1. Current season BVB lie in sixth place in the table and are far off the mark in terms of a champions league place. The defence is far from stable and players like Marco Reus are not in the form to provide leadership. Why the instability?
2. The Roman Bürki enigma, have the weaknesses returned or are the goals being conceded a result of the instability crucially at right and left-back in defence.
3, The pressure is on Mats Hummels but is the pressure beginning to take away his enthusiasm? What should be the ideal line-up at Centre-back? Where should the constant Raphael Guerreiro be playing and which of the current defenders should be on Rose's for sale list this summer?
4. What are issues in midfield without Axel Witsel? Can Borussia rely on Thomas Delaney? Where should Can be playing? Pundit and former international Lothar Matthäus says a player like Matthias Sammer is missing but which players could fill that gap from the current squad?
5. Marco Reus has had uncharacteristic poor form and failed to lead the team in several matches, but is there too much reliance on 17-year-old Jude Bellingham who has had to hit the ground running. Giovanni Reyna has been a revelation but is now rumoured to be on the selling list, he has looked physically less than assertive but would that be a good move.
6. Enter Youssoufa Moukoko could he replace the incredible Erling Haaland, a striker who has scored more times than games played in since joining 1 year ago. Could BVB manage without Haaland and what else is in reserve?
7. What can be expected from Marco Rose in terms of tactical changes, what has been learnt from his style of coaching at RB Salzburg and Borussia Mönchengladbach. Is the slump in the other Borussia's form a concern? Will BVB be able to provide a war chest for Rose in the summer without selling a key player like Sancho?
Exciting times at the Westfalenstadion, with the Revierderby coming up at the weekend can the signing of Rose provide some stability?
Sascha's book is 'Borussia Dortmund für Klugscheißer' a book in German with many little known facts on the club, you can buy it on Amazon.
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life.
People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well.
The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English.
The UEFA Champions League is back our BVB plays Sevilla FC so time to get a view on the 6 time Europaleague winners
Well-known in England for winning the FA Cup with both Everton (1995) and Tottenham Hotspurs Vinny Samways (1991) played for Sevilla FC in season 02-03 and for Las Palmas between 1996-02 as well as playing with Wolves and Birmingham City.
Samways has been active in Spanish football for the last twenty years as a player agent and is also a football pundit on Spanish television and is based in Malaga.
1. Current season Sevilla lie in fourth place in the table and have won the last five games and conceded only 16 goals. What can be expected from BVB's opponents in the two-legged tie? Who are the key players? What are the main strengths and weaknesses of the side? The key danger men in the line-up and how will Sevilla line-up against the BVB team? Vinny's view on the current Borussia Dortmund team and Predictions for the game.
2. Sevilla football club what makes the club special, the history, achievements, traditions, the stadium, local rivalry with Real Betis.
3. Samways season in 02/03 at the Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium playing alongside Dani Alves.
4. Career in the English Premier League with Spurs winning the FA Cups on 91 alongside Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker in a team managed by later Barcelona manager Terry Venables.
5. Recollections of legendary Sevilla and Arsenal striker Jose-Antonio Reyes.
6. Predictions for the game and expectations of both teams.
It was of course Michael not David Robinson who was the English TV pundit and former Real Osasuna player.
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life.
People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well.
The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English.
On today's show, the interview guest is the Lord Mayor of Dortmund, and a life-long BVB supporter
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Vielen Dank für Ihre Interesse am BVB Londoner Fan-Community-Podcast. Jede Woche geht es darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemalige Teilnehmer des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans und Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, in unsere Podcast zu entdecken.
Unseren Gast is heute Wilfried Schiffer ein BVB Stadionbesucher seit den 60er Jahre und Gemeindemitglied von der Gründungskirche die Dreifaltigkeitskirche Borsigplatz wo morgen Feierlichkeiten zum 111 Jahrejährigen bestehen von Borussia Dortmund stattfinden werden.
1. Wilfried Schiffer erzählt über seine ersten Erfahrungen in den 60er Jahre in dem Stadion Rote Erde wo damals 40,000 Zuschauer Platz fanden mit eine einzige Würstchen Bude und eine Kneipe unter der Tribüne inklusive Geschichten zu bekannte Spieler von damals wie Kurrat, Wosab und Assauer.
2. Auf der Südtribüne bei den Relegationspiele von 1986 gegen Fortuna Köln und unterwegs zum dritten Relegationsspiele ins Rheinstadion und eine bombige Stimmung und eine Karawane nach Dortmund 'Fast alle waren damals in Düsseldorf.
3. Die 2 Liga Jahre, 17000 gegen Eintracht Gelsenkirchen, das allererste Spiel im Westfalenstadion gegen Schalke 04 und der Wiederaufstiegspiel gegen den 1 FC Nürnberg.
4. Was aus dem allerersten Sportplatz der Borussia 'Weiße Wiese' wurde.
5. Meister 1995 'und wie wir damals gefeiert haben', alles stand Kopf, 'mann sollte Reinhard Rauball ein Denkmal setzen' uvm.
Wir hoffen, dass euch die Show gefällt. Schickt uns eure Kommentare, teilt die Show mit Freunden und vergesst nicht zu liken. Wenn Ihr den Fanklub kontaktieren wollt, geht das über die Website borussiadortmundlondon.co.uk oder unter Facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland.
Während der Saison sind alle BVB Fans herzlich eingeladen BVB Spiele an unserem Stammtisch in der Naughty Bar in der Londoner Cleveland Street in der Nähe der Oxford Street mit uns anzusehen.
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Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund's life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life.
People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision-makers and experts who know the world of all our club well.
The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English.
On today's show, the interview guest is the current coach of the United Arab Emirates national team Bert van Marwijk who managed BVB between 2004-06.
We apologise in advance for the minor sound unevenness of the recording.
Bert had an active career in Holland and Belgium playing 468 professional matches and scoring 72 goals with clubs including AZ Alkmaar and Fortuna Sittard between 1969 and 1988.
As a coach Bert has managed clubs including Feyenoord and Hamburger SV as well as the national teams of Saudia Arabia, Australia, the Netherlands and his current team the UAE.
On the show Bert spoke about his active playing career, highlights of his life as a coach including winning the UEFA Cup in 2002, managing Dortmund through a challenging the radical financial restructuring of 2005, managing the Netherlands national team at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010.
1. Childhood and active career in the Eredivisie in Holland, winning the KNVB Cup in 1978, call-up to the Netherlands team, playing in Belgium.
2. Stations of his first years as a coach with clubs including MVV and Fortuna Sittard. The UEFA campaign of 2002 the route to the final via Glasgow Rangers, Inter and Eindhoven, the experience of the 'unforgettable' final at Rotterdam v BVB.
3. Appointed head-coach at Borussia Dortmund, a club on the edge €130m in debt, 'no money for players', discovering and giving Nuri Sahin his debut at 15, that Ebi Smolarek factor, why Tomas Rosicky will always be the player of his generation.
4. A near-miss with Trevor Brooking at West Ham United, seconds away from signing at Upton Park, House-hunting in London 'the weather was an issue, It never stopped raining', ongoing fascination with the Premier League and friendship with Carlo Ancelloti and impressions of Anfield.
5. Prospects for BVB's Young Generation, review and impressions of the quality of the Dortmund current team, Dortmund's pressure points and challenges including why the defence is BVB's number one stumbling block at the moment for any new coach.
6. Life on the sidelines, advice and tips on how to manage and coach a team, insights into the job of managing a team. Bundesliga friends and regular visits to the Westfalenstadion, why 'Dortmund will always be very special'...
Apologies for the sound quality!
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Vielen Dank für ihre Interesse am BVB Londoner Fan-Community-Podcast. Jede Woche geht es darum, eine Facette des Lebens von Borussia Dortmund im Gespräch mit Experten und ehemaligen Teilnehmer des Vereinslebens wie Spielern, Fans, Journalisten, die diesen Verein in seiner Entwicklung beeinflusst haben, zu entdecken.
Zu Gast auf dem Podcast ist heute Steffen Karl, ein ehemaliger defensiver Mittelfeldspieler des BVB, der auch für Hertha BSC Berlin, den FC St. Pauli sowie für den FC Sion, Valerenga, Hallescher FC und Lokomotiv Sofia und Manchester City spielte.
Der ehemalige deutsche U21-Nationalspieler, der auf allen Ebenen des Jugendfussballs für die ehemalige DDR auftrat und 346 Spiele auf Profi-Niveau bestritt, erzielte 19 Tore. Derzeit ist er Trainer von Grun-Weiss Klaffenbach in der Landesliga, der 7. Stufe des deutschen Fussballs, und leitet eine Kinderfussball-Akademie.
1. Wurzeln im ostdeutschen Fußball mit dem Halleschen FC (3. Liga), spielte mit der DDR-Nationalmannschaft den Durchbruch als Spieler. Einblicke in den damaligen ostdeutschen Fußball.
2. 90-91 kommt Borussia Dortmund ins Spiel. Wechsel zum aufstrebenden BVB, einem Verein, der ein Jahr zuvor mit dem DFB-Pokal den ersten Silberling seit 23 Jahren gewonnen hatte, aber nur den 10. Erste Eindrücke vom Westfalenstadion. Geschichten von Kutowski, Helmer, Klos und Michael Zorc unter Trainer Horst Köppel.
3. 1991-92 Ankunft des "Königsmachers" in der ersten BVB-Saison unter Ottmar Hitzfeld. Verpasst die Meisterschaft aufgrund der Tordifferenz in einer damals aus 20 Mannschaften bestehenden Bundesliga. Ein Angriff, der sich aus den Größen Stephane Chapusiat und Flemming Povlsen sowie Frank Mill zusammensetzte. Zu den Höhepunkten der Saison zählten die Heim- und Auswärtsschlachten gegen die Bayern.
4. Marsch ins UEFA-Pokal-Finale 1992/93 über Celtic, Real Zaragoza und Roma. Das Halbfinale gegen Auxerre. Marking Roberto Baggio im Finale gegen Juventus. Eine Saison, in der der BVB als Vierter ins Ziel kam, Stefan Reuter der Quereinsteiger in der Abwehr, Freundschaft mit dem oft missverstandenen Matthias Sammer.
5. 1994/95 "The Citizens" Manchester City unter Brian Horton, Storys zu 'Rocky' Rocastle, Niall Quinn, Steve McMahon und Georgi Kinkladze.
Freundschaft mit Uwe Rösler, das einmalige Manchester-Derby spielt und wie der Verein vor dem Abstieg bewahrt wurde. Was Maine Road so besonders machte und die anhaltende Liebe zum englischen Spiel.
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Während der Saison seit ihr herzlich wilkommen BVB Spiele an unserem Stammtisch in der Naughty Bar in der Londoner Cleveland Street in der Nähe der Oxford Street mit unsere Mitglieder mit anzusehen.
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Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Thank you for your interest in the BvB London fan community podcast as every week the focus of the show will be on exploring a facet of Borussia Dortmund life by talking to experts and former participants of the club's life. People like players, fans and journalists who have covered the club and decision makers and experts who know the world of all our club well.
The aim of the podcast is to make this wonderful football club more accessible to non-German speakers. The podcast may also be of interest to German football fans who want to learn or practice English.
On today's show, Matt Addison of the Liverpool FC Blood Red Podcast, and Ben, interview Philip Degen a BVB defender who played in Dortmund between 2005-08. Degen also played for the 'Reds' at Anfield between 2008-11.
Now a football agent, he went on to play for VFB Stuttgart in 2010/11, before finishing his career at home club FC Basel from 2011- 2016. In terms of his International career, Degen gained 32 caps with the Switzerland national team at senior level and played at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and 2008 European Championships which was played across Austria and his home country.
On the show the 37 year old former player talks about his three seasons at Westfalenstadion in which he notched up 68 appearances. In terms of finishes during, Degen's stay with our 'Schwarz-Gelben' at Westfalenstadion, Borussia finished just outside the European qualifying spots in 7th in 05/06 and 06/07 and 13th in 07/08.
Although hampered by injuries which resulted in gaining only 68 appearances with BVB, a highlight for which the Liesetal born defender, who could also play on the right-wing, will be remembered was an outstanding goal in a memorable 3-3 draw at Bayern Munich in season 2005/6.
With Liverpool Degen narrowly missed out to Manchester United on the Premier League title in season 2008/9. In 2009/10 the 'Reds' reached the semi-final of the Europaleague where they were knocked out by eventual winners Atletico Madrid. In 2010/11 the Anfield based club finished in 6th spot under coach Kenny Daglish.
In 2010/11 Degen moved to VFB Stuttgart reaching the last 16 of the Europaleague and finishing 12th in the league. In 2011 Degen returned to his home country of Switzerland and joined FC Basel where he achieved his most important successes including four successive Swiss Super League titles and the national cup in 2011/12 before retiring in 2016.
On the podcast Philipp shares his memories of his active career, talking about the characters and personalities he worked with along the way. He gives advice on what it takes to reach the professional level of football as well as insights into being a football agent. He also shares recollections of his appearances at the European Championship and Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Plus why Jude Bellingham is the hottest prospect in European football right now and how a certain Bradley Fink, a young English-born Swiss striker who is currently with BVB U-19s, could be shaping up to become one of BVB's brightest stars in the year's to come.