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Borussia Dortmund chief Watzke: Man Utd was childhood dream for Kagawa

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 12:59

Borussia Dortmund chief Hans-Joachim Watzke admits Manchester United were determined to sign Shinji Kagawa.

The Japan international could formally sign for United next week with their post season World Cup qualifying commitments now over.

"With respect, Manchester United did come looking for him," Watzke told the Ruhr Nachrichten.

"He was given the chance to fulfil a childhood dream. But we are not forced to sell anybody for financial reasons."

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Team P W D L GD PTS
Borussia Dortmund 34 25 6 3 55 81
Bayern Munchen 34 23 4 7 55 73
Schalke 04 34 20 4 10 30 64
Borussia M'gladbach 34 17 9 8 25 60
Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 9 10 8 54
Stuttgart 34 15 8 11 17 53
Hannover 96 34 12 12 10 -4 48
Wolfsburg 34 13 5 16 -13 44
Werder Bremen 34 11 9 14 -9 42
Nurnberg 34 12 6 16 -11 42
Hoffenheim 34 10 11 13 -6 41
Freiburg 34 10 10 14 -16 40
Mainz 05 34 9 12 13 -4 39
Augsburg 34 8 14 12 -13 38
Hamburger SV 34 8 12 14 -22 36
Hertha BSC 34 7 10 17 -26 31
Koln 34 8 6 20 -36 30
Kaiserslautern 34 4 11 19 -30 23
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