First he lost his starting place at Borussia Dortmund, then he was not called up by Julian Nagelsmann for the European Championship. Last season was totally forgettable for Niklas Sule: while the yellow and blacks were playing for the Champions League, the German defender was struggling with a form that was not up to the standard of a professional player.
And so, after much criticism, he decided to turn to specialists: “Mentally I couldn’t do the right things. I couldn’t motivate myself anymore,” he said in an interview with Sport1 . “I wanted to, but I couldn’t. It was a shitty season; fortunately things in my private life were going well, everything was and is in perfect order. Finally, after several conversations, I got help.”
The failure to be called up: “I didn’t deserve to be nominated. The decision was completely understandable and there’s nothing wrong with it. Getting back into shape and losing at least eight kilograms was necessary after a year that I personally couldn’t be happy with at all, in which I fell far short of my expectations. I created something like a Niklas Süle 2.0, changing my diet. Now I’m mentally in a state that I haven’t been in for a long time.”