5 football clubs who sold their best players

#1 Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund won two consecutive Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012

Bayern Munich have been infallible in German domestic football in the last couple of years and the memories of a young and exciting Borussia Dortmund side have almost receded. Back in 2012, Dortmund had won two consecutive Bundesliga titles after they re-signed former player Marco Reus and even went on to the Champions League final in 2013.

Alas, European glory eluded them as they fell 2-1 to the Bavarian side in Wembley, allowing them to complete a historic treble that season.

And that's where the troubles began for the Black and Yellows. Mario Gotze moved to rivals Munich soon after the final in England, and Robert Lewandowski left a year later. Their departures was just the beginning as even their manager, Jurgen Klopp left in 2015, followed by Ilkay Gundogan and Mats Hummels who were part of the league-winning side in 2011 and 2012.

In spite of the best efforts of Michael Zorc, the Dortmund sporting director, to bring in fresh young talents like Ousmane Dembele, Raphael Guerreiro and Julian Weigl, they were hardly equal to the title-winning side of 2011 and 2012.

The squad broke up just before the arrival of Pep Guardiola in Bavaria handing them the advantage. Thomas Tuchel, who was unhappy with the recent sales may have more hardships to deal with now that RB Leipzig are in the ascendancy.