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Borussia Dortmund are one of the greatest football clubs in the world, currently boasting five World Cup winning players.
The club is more distinguished than Bayer Leverkusen, where our esteemed Robbie Kruse struggles for game-time when fit, and on par with Liverpool, where reputable youngster Brad Smith has developed into a highly sought after defender.
Smith is now on loan to third tier Swindon Town alongside another popular young Aussie Massimo Luongo, who went to the World Cup but failed to make an appearance.
Both players are high on the Socceroo’s radar, unlike Mustafa Amini, who is arguably at a much better club than both players, though has fallen behind with the national team.
Similar to League One in England, Borussia Dortmund’s development squad plays in Germany’s third tier – 3. Liga – where Amini has developed into one of Australia’s most promising, albeit neglected, footballers.
During the 2012/13 season, Amini featured for Dortmund II consecutively in the latter stages of the season, and carried this run of form into the following season, making 15 appearances before injuring and ultimately ruling himself out for the remainder of 2014.
Having overcome injury, Amini was gifted three appearances with Dormund’s first team during pre-season and heads into the 2014/15 season in the best form of his life. A strong showing in Borussia II this year could force the youngster into Jurgen Klopps plan’s for the near future, though the same can’t be said about Ange Postecoglou.
Amini has fallen out of favour with the Australian national team, and may struggle to reappear if he remains in the Dortmund development squad, despite its striking similarities with Swindon Town in League One.
The falling-out occurred when Amini was controversially left out of Australia’s U20s World Cup side in 2013, as he was beginning to flourish with Dortmund. Whether fitness was an issue or not, as coach Paul Okon claimed, Amini hasn’t represented Australia since, despite being one of our most promising footballers.
With the Asian Cup approaching, and with Amini looking for a breakthrough season at Borussia Dortmund, the upcoming friendlies against Belgium and Saudi Arabia have been reported as scouting games for Ange, who is likely to reveal a few new faces for the Socceroos.
How does a powerhouse like Borussia Dortmund see talent that the Australian national set-up does not? Amini is obviously in good hands, and should be in a similar position to Luongo in regard to the national team.
Amini has made almost as much noise as Josh Brillante at Fiorientina during pre-season, sadly such noise may have fallen on deaf ears.
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