Nothing seemed to be working in Dortmund. Not on the pitch, and financially even less so. Emergency sales were needed, which is why goalkeeper Eike Immel was due to join Stuttgart for 1.6 million marks.\n\nBut the hardest decision was my own.
I had already agreed to move to Schalke at the end of the season, which enraged Dortmund supporters. They called me Judas, insulted me in the city center, and whistled me mercilessly at every match.\n\nThe fact that Dortmund would receive another 1.35 million marks because of the transfer did not interest them. Everything seemed to be going wrong.