Manchester United Adnan Januzaj slammed by Borussia Dortmund boss over 'desire and attitude'

Lacking desire: Adnan Januzaj
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Tom Dutton9 January 2016

Borussia Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel has questioned the attitude of Adnan Januzaj after the Belgian was recalled by Manchester United this week.

Januzaj joined Dortmund on a season-long loan deal but, despite no recall clause, United decided to cut the deal short and the Bundesliga club obliged.

The 20-year-old didn't start a single Bundesliga game under Tuchel and made just six appearances in the league, failing to score in a competitive game.

And the Dortmund boss told Sportbild: "It is a pity he did not show the desire and attitude you need to progress at his age.

"My feeling was that he never was completely with us, that a part of him always stayed in Manchester and he compared everything here with United.

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"We were not able to help him to shake that off."

But Louis van Gaal is adamant Januzaj will succeed and plans to throw the starlet back into the action after ending his Dortmund spell.

"I believe in the talent of Adnan Januzaj," Van Gaal said.

"I said (in August) it would be very difficult to play matches in Dortmund and unfortunately I was right.

"He has trained already this morning. But he didn't play so many 90-minute matches in one season and he has to show his fitness in the second team.

"We have to wait and see if his (clearance) papers are right. If he can play Monday in the second team (at Reading) he shall play in the second team."

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