Accepting German naturalization but zero appearances, joining Liverpool but becoming a useless person, Bundesliga silver boots are ruined by choice

At the request of my friends, let’s talk about Sean Dundee, the Bundesliga silver boot that was ruined by his choice.

Shawn Dundee was born on December 7, 1972 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. When he was a teenager, he was a die-hard fan of Everton and dreamed of playing football in England. It was inspired by the dream that Dundee developed a lot of skills and was quite dazzling among the young players in South Africa, so he got the opportunity to go to Europe for a trial training.

However, reality is always a bit far apart from dreams. Although the British League is Dundee's dream place, he did not get the opportunity to go to England for a trial, but went to Germany to become a member of the Stuttgart Kickers Club, and became a teammate with Bobic, who was also very immature at the time. However, the better Bobic development is, the worse Dundee's development is. This guy from South Africa has a hard time getting into the team's rotation.

Dunde, who could not see any future, changed his party in 1994 and transferred to Dietzingen, who was in the German League C at the time. After all, they are the best among South African young players, and it is more than enough to compete in the German League C. In the 1994-95 season, Dundee scored 24 goals in the German League C, making his reputation in one fell swoop. In the summer of 1995, Dundee was recruited by the veteran German club Karlsruhe.

At this time, Karlsruhe had Hasler, the midfield master. Dundee played football next to Hasler, which was so comfortable. As long as Dundee runs out, Hasler's pass can be delivered to his feet. Throughout the 1995-96 season, Dundee scored 16 league goals, ranking second in the Bundesliga scorer list, second only to Bobic, who scored 17 goals, and became the Bundesliga silver boot.

Bundesliga Silver Boots identity has made Dundee full of confidence in his future. He is on the court, and the more he plays, he becomes more confident. In the following 1996-97 season, although the team's midfielder core Hasler encountered injuries and missed many games. However, Dundee's goal momentum was not interrupted, but instead became stronger and stronger. He scored 17 league goals throughout the season.

The strong output for two consecutive seasons and the outstanding performance of Dundee during Hasler's absence due to injury has made all media and experts look forward to Dundee's future. Even the German national team, which is used to seeing heroes, thinks so. Against this background, the German team hopes to naturalize Dundee.

However, whether the German team can naturalize Dundee is not in the German team, but in the hands of the players. As long as the player himself refuses, the German team will not be able to naturalize Dundee anyway.

The German team on one side and South Africa on the other. If you do not consider the issue of belonging or emotional issues, I believe that many people will make the decision to play for the German team when facing this choice, and this is the case with Dundee.

However, this does not mean that Dundee accepts the choice of German naturalization, it is the right choice. On the contrary, this is actually a wrong choice that can predict the consequences at that time.

The German team around 1997 was indeed facing the problem of aging personnel, which is beyond doubt. However, the competition for the German team's forward line is still very fierce. Klinsmann, Bierhoff, Kirsten, and Bobic are all recognized as good players. Although Dundee is good, his overall strength is obviously at a disadvantage compared to his peers.

Dundee's only advantage is its age advantage. Born in 1992, he does have a huge advantage compared to Klinsmann, who was born in 1964, and Kirsten, who was born in 1965. But what about Bierhof and Bobic? Dundee is 4 years younger than Bielhoff. Compared with Bobic, it is just a 1-year gap.

You should know that Bobic around 1997 had already proved his strength in the Bundesliga. In the 1995-96 season and 1996-97 season, Bobic scored more than Dundee's league goals. However, Bobic's situation in the German team is not very good.

Think about it, Dundee is not as good as Bobic in the Bundesliga. So, why does Dundee think that he can play with the German national team that Bobic cannot play?

The result is that after Dundee accepted German naturalization, he had no sense of existence in the German national team. He was only called up by the German team in 1997, and was on the team's roster in a certain game, sitting on the bench, but he did not get the chance to make a debut. In other words, Dundee's German national team career was zero appearances.

Ironically, Dundee, who accepted Germany's naturalization, lost the German roster to the 1998 World Cup without any suspense. However, the South African national team, which he abandoned, was qualified for the 98 World Cup. In other words, if Dundee hadn't made the wrong choice, he wouldn't have missed the opportunity to participate in the World Cup...

Although many media and fans were watching Dundee's jokes, he was a Bundesliga silver boot after all, and his strength was there, and there were still many teams who looked at his future. In the summer of 1998, Dundee received invitations from many clubs, including Premier League giant Liverpool.

With Dundee's strength, he can play in most clubs and can guarantee his own strength. But for some reason, he chose Liverpool, the next one that he could hardly be the main player.

You should know that at that time, Liverpool's forward already had the Gemini constellations Irving and Fowler. The former played a phenomenal performance during the 1998 World Cup, while the latter was hailed as the God of Anfield. Although Fowler encountered injuries during this stage, he would be absent for a period of time. But Fowler's injury is not a difficult injury to heal. It doesn't take too long for people to recover from injury.. And, German veteran striker Riddle also played for Liverpool at the time.

The result can be imagined. After Dundee defected to Liverpool, he could not play at all. Throughout the 1998-99 season, Dundee only played in the Premier League with only a pitiful 3 times, and it was completely useless. Just one season later, the Bundesliga silver boot left Anfield.

Although Dundee was only 27 years old at this time, he made two consecutive mistakes in key choices, which completely lost his energy. In the days to come, he could no longer find the feeling of his peak period, and gradually became like everyone else...