Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc has come out to admit that he isn’t looking to let go of their current loanee, but has no room to deploy the winger given the form of the other players in the squad.
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Belgium’s legendary former midfielder Enzo Scifo then questioned Januzaj’s motivation levels, with the 20-year-old still struggling for games on loan at Borussia Dortmund.
“He didn’t exactly refuse, but we were not under the impression that he wanted [to play for the U21 side] no matter what”.
“That’s now not an issue”, he told Kicker.
“A phone call like that is a present and not a punishment”, Scifo said.
Do you think Man Utd miss Adnan Januzaj?
There is no question of a bad state of mind. Adnan focuses on his work and we plan the rest.
Januzaj’s agent was forced to defend his client against complaints over his attitude earlier this week, but it has now emerged that the Belgian’s fitness was a worry upon joining Dortmund.
However, Januzaj has been nothing more than a fringe player at the Westfalenstadion and has played in just a handful of matches for Thomas Tuchel’s impressive Dortmund team.
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Januzaj has not been included in the Belgium squad for their friendlies against Italy and Spain, and will need to get playing regularly if he is to stand any chance of going to the European Championships next summer. “When (Ilkay) Gundogan and (Robert) Lewandowski joined, they were there throughout the preseason period and still took six months to find their rhythm”.
