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09th Jan 2016

Borussia Dortmund manager reveals why Adnan Januzaj’s loan spell was such a disaster

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Kevin McGillicuddy

Adnan Januzaj’s German nightmare came to a close earlier this week.

The Belgian playmaker returned to Manchester after a disastrous loan spell at Borussia Dortmund when he failed to make any real impression at the club.

There was much anger when he was initially let go by  Louis Van Gaal, but less so when he barely featured for the former champions and struggled to get any game time.

The youngster is hoping for a better start to 2016, but fans expecting the exciting winger they thought they were letting go in August may not be too pleased to hear the comments of the Dortmund manger Thomas Tuchel.

He’s laid into the young Belgian and sharply criticised his attitude as the main reason for his failure to establish himself in the first-team,

“It is a pity he did not show the desire and attitude you need to progress at his age. My feeling was that he never was completely with us, that a part of him always stayed in Manchester and he compared everything here with United.

“We were not able to help him to shake that off.”

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