'What should I do?'
Dortmund's current lineup on the pitch was:
Goalkeeper: Ziegler.
Defense: Schmelzer, Hummels, Subotic, and Owomoyela.
Midfield: Shahin and Sven Bender as the two defensive midfielders, with Reus, Foyelner, and Kuba ahead of them.
Striker: Wang Shuo.
Dortmund didn't have a tradition of deciding the captaincy based on seniority.
Among the players currently on the pitch, Klopp felt only three were qualified to wear the captain's armband.
Coincidentally, they formed the spine of the team: Hummels, Shahin, and Wang Shuo.
Hummels had joined the team in '08 and immediately became a starting center-back, performing exceptionally well.
And then there was Shahin, a midfield prodigy from the Dortmund youth academy. He was arguably the most ideal candidate for captain.
Originally, Klopp would have been fine with either of them taking the role.
