👀 After substitution outburst, BVB chief announces punishment for Adeyemi

Karim Adeyemi will likely not get away unpunished for his reaction to being substituted in the Borussia derby on Friday evening. BVB sporting director Sebastian Kehl announced this after the final whistle on ‘Sky’.

The BVB star once again drew negative attention to himself during the match. 

Still on the pitch, he got into several verbal altercations with Gladbach’s Kevin Diks and referee Jablonski. 

Shortly after, when he was substituted and replaced by the later goalscorer Maximilian Beier (60th minute), the 23-year-old completely lost his composure.

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As was clearly visible on TV footage, Adeyemi headed straight for the tunnel towards the dressing room, obviously with no interest in watching the rest of the match from the sidelines.

However, BVB sporting director Sebastian Kehl apparently stopped him and instructed him to take a seat on the bench – which he then did. 

After the match, Kehl announced that this behavior would not go unpunished.

Speaking to ‘Sky’, the sporting director explained that Adeyemi’s substitution was fully justified, thus backing coach Niko Kovač: “He didn’t play well.”

Kehl then announced specific consequences: “He will receive a fine for this. We need to talk about it. I don’t want to see that reaction – neither does the coach, nor the team.”

A clear message to Adeyemi. Could this also be an indication of how talks between the club and the player’s side regarding a possible contract extension—his current contract runs until 2027—are going? Recently, it has been repeatedly reported that negotiations are proving difficult.

One thing is clear: The BVB officials will not simply let Adeyemi’s reaction to the substitution slide.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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