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Kevin Großkreutz has had a career that warms the hearts of football romantics.

The boy from the Ruhr area stood as a teenager in the Dortmund stadium on the south stand and passionately cheered on BVB.

With the love for Borussia comes a deep dislike for FC Schalke 04.

This is also the case with Großkreutz of course.

The boy made it from the south stand to the BVB team and won the championship and the DFB Cup twice with Dortmund.

In six years he completed 236 games for Borussia.

In 2015 he moved to Galatasaray Istanbul.

Via VfB Stuttgart, Darmstadt it went into the third division to KFC Uerdingen, where Großkreutz was terminated without notice last autumn.

Despite the many clubs, his love for BVB and with it his aversion to Schalke always remained.

The 32-year-old is following the current development of the Royal Blues, who have been without a win in the Bundesliga for 28 games and are bottom of the table, with glee.

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When asked whether he would be happy about a Schalke relegation, Großkreutz replied on Sport1: “Of course I would be happy for a year, we don't have to talk about it.

I think all of Dortmund will celebrate, everyone would be happy if Schalke had to go down.

It used to be the same when the blues hoped in our bad phase in 2007 that we would be relegated. "But after a year or two he would certainly miss the derby:" The blues did a lot wrong, they are responsible for that.

It's certainly difficult for them, but that's not my problem. "

Großkreutz is currently without a club - he does not want to rule out an end to his career

Source: dpa / Marius Becker

Großkreutz is relaxed about the current development at BVB, which are now eight points behind the leaders of the table Bayern.

“Bayern recently had a small period of weakness with a lot of draws, so BVB should have been there.

The last lust for victory is still missing at BVB.

But Erling Haaland is also missing everywhere.

He's a guy who just puts things in the front and lives emotions.

The Dortmund team will come out of there, the cup win in Braunschweig was a positive sign, ”said Großkreutz.

He has not yet written off the season and even considers the championship or the cup win this season to be feasible: “Anything is possible in football.

I hope it works this season.

I would be overjoyed. "