Thread by @archiert1

Tonight: Real Madrid v Borussia Mönchengladbach. Spoke with Gladbach sporting director Max Eberl about Marco Rose, Lucien Favre + a bit on Rene Maric too for @ESPNFC. If you’re in the US, you can watch here. If you’re not, quotes in the thread

Max Eberl to @ESPNFC on how much longer he expects Marco Rose to be at Gladbach and whether Lucien Favre gets a raw deal at Dortmund.

Gladbach sporting director Max Eberl on @ReneMaric. "One metre there, one metre there." @ESPNFC

Asked Max Eberl too why he didn't go to Bayern in 2017. He said he didn't want to talk about it and then a sentence or two later, he said why.

Gladbach sporting director Max Eberl going through step-by-step the process they went about signing Marcus Thuram. Most surprising thing for me is that they'd seen him play live *35* times before signing him. @ESPNFC

You might have seen that Germany lost 6-0 to Spain last month. Asked Max Eberl if he thinks Germany has a problem producing certain players right now. He said: "Yes." @ESPNFC

Other bits to round up: Max Eberl says he doesn't know for sure but he probably would have been sacked had Gladbach gone down in the 2010/2011 season.

Nine years on, they could knock Real Madrid out tonight. Think it would be the club's biggest success of the last decade.

Also asked Max Eberl what he does in his downtime, referencing that Stuttgart's Sven Mislintat is known to enjoy surfing. Eberl smiled and basically said: "Are you calling me fat?" He went on to say he enjoys skiing and also walking his dog, Hunter, who weighs 65kg. (65 KILOS!)