Hummels: I had the opportunity to join Huocun in 2008, but I followed my intuition and chose Dot

Former Dortmund star Hummels said in an interview with Sports1 that he was expected to join Hoffenheim in 2008.

When Hummels first advanced from Bayern youth training to the first team in 2008, he had the opportunity to join Hoffenheim. In response, Hummels said: "I had to choose between two clubs, one was Hoffenheim and the other was Dortmund. Logically, Hoffenheim seemed to be the better choice. Everyone who talked to me thought it would be more reasonable to choose Hoffenheim, but in the end I followed my intuition and wanted to go to Dortmund. I was very glad that I made this decision, of course, I couldn't imagine that things would go so well at that time."

Regarding the missed Hummels, then Hoffenheim coach Ronnick said: "He should have been to Dortmund for two years because he would face greater pressure there, including the press. I don't think anyone could have expected that Dortmund would become a league champion and a cup champion twice, otherwise Heness might be more willing to let Hummels go to Hoffenheim for two years."