Karim Adeyemi’s Career at BVB: Fluctuations and Potential

2023-08-25 21:27:40

36.7 kilometers per hour were measured in a sprint by Karim Adeyemi last season, the best value at BVB – always straight. The career of the 21-year-old, on the other hand, fluctuates between steep uphills and a few valley crossings.

While the German international appeared towards the end of last season to have finally made the breakthrough in the yellow and black dress, the club is now even internally raising doubts. A discussion between exploiting the performance potential and idling away from the footballing heyday.

The BVB coaching team has criticized the 21-year-old in recent days: First, assistant coach Armin Archyde.comhahn commented on the top talent, then head coach Edin Terzic supported the statements made by his assistant.

Even internally: criticism of Adeyemi

In an interview with the Ruhr News, he said: “Sometimes I just lack seriousness. He’s very easygoing sometimes in training and I wish he was more serious regarding it.”

But the negativity was deceptive, there were also positive approaches regarding the four-time German national player: “Karim has incredible potential, but consistency and effectiveness must be added,” said Terzic at the matchday press conference before the away appearance on the second matchday in Bochum.

The usual image resounded, the metaphor of the ascent and descent has probably arrived at the middle station. But the direction of travel is crucial: upwards. “If he understands that, I believe that he can become a really big player,” continued Archyde.comhahn regarding the 30 million man.

Adeyemi has already received a flick announcement

Even national coach Hansi Flick came to this mixed result at a DFB course in 2022: “He can do a lot, create surprising moments, but he has to be consistent and, above all, be more diligent and not rely on his talent.”

So the criticism of Adeyemi’s inconsistency is by no means new. The winger is aware of his situation, as is his coach: “Karim also knows that he can do a lot more.” But it seems as if Adeyemi is following in Donyell Malen’s footsteps – as a slow starter in the BVB jersey.

In the summer of 2022, the offensive player came from Salzburg, missed four of the first six Bundesliga games and the CL opener for Dortmund. His first eleven Bundesliga appearances were just as sobering.

Not a single scorer point, and a toe injury bothered him. While Adeyemi was already labeled a “flop” like Malen, he significantly increased his performance data following the World Cup break.

Karim Adeyemi from Borussia Dortmund is criticized

BVB: Upswing in the second half of the season

The striker, who has Nigerian and Romanian roots, suddenly showed his skills. According to Deltatre, he only had one big chance up until the 17th matchday, and six in the second half of the season. In addition, there were 329 sprints in the second half of the season, significantly more than 244 sprints in the first half of the season.

This was also reflected in the goal contributions: In the first five games following the World Cup break, he scored 3 goals and two assists. He also won 44.5% of his tackles following the winter break (first half of the season 41.9%) and needed an average of just 19.5 minutes to score a goal (21.2 minutes).

So has Adeyemi finally arrived, up on the mountain plateau? Probably not quite, because Adeyemi is chronically worried regarding an additional problem: the susceptibility to injuries. He missed ten competitive games last season.

At the beginning of the second half of the season, when Adeyemi was in top form, a serious torn muscle fiber stopped him. A game that suffered was the important round of 16 second leg once morest Chelsea, which BVB lost 2-0 and were eliminated.

In the first leg, the winger had scored the decisive winning goal to make it 1-0 and the team from London played dizzy.

Adeyemi, the stimulus figure

But even when things were going sporty, the nine-time BVB goalscorer was not only positive. The Sturmjuwel attracted attention last season through a discussion regarding his swallows once morest Union Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt, among others.

There was also a foul on Jesper Lindström, which he first denied and then later admitted. In general, the native of Munich is considered an attractive figure and is often not as self-critical as many would expect from a younger player.

Even as a youth player, he had to leave the FC Bayern department because he kept angering the coaches and teammates.

People from the player’s environment and the Bayern youth academy confirmed to SPORT1 at the time that today’s national player was not always easy to care for at a young age – and that was anything but well received at FCB.

Karim Adeyemi vacillates between genius and light-footed brother

New season, new stop?

However, that might change now. Because in addition to the sporting ambitions – Adeyemi knows regarding his standing and the external expectations – a lot has happened in the private environment of the striker. In July he published his relationship with rapper Loredana on Instagram.

So the feelings of happiness in sport are not long in coming. While Adeyemi tore a muscle fiber once more on the final day of last season, missed part of the pre-season and was not even in the squad for the DFB Cup, he celebrated his Bundesliga comeback once morest Cologne.

On the first day of the new season, the native of Munich played a little over 20 minutes, showing off his existing skills at times. The rising performance curve can give the Dortmund supporters courage – not only for the second match day once morest Bochum (from 3.30 p.m. LIVE in the ticker on SPORT1).

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