If they don’t win the Champions League this season for the primary time since 1997, then the principle beneficiaries of that further place look set to be Dortmund, who presently sit fifth within the Bundesliga desk with solely three matches left to play in 2023/24 – 5 factors behind RB Leipzig in third after final weekend’s heavy 4-1 loss and 12 away from sixth-place Eintracht Frankfurt.
